, and of gender and intelligence. -- Public good ; voluntary contribution ; formal sanction ; experiment ; penalty ; voting …

This paper studies experimentally how the endogeneity of sanctioning institutions affects the severity of punishment in … when subjects can vote on the institutional setting. We find that punishment is significantly higher when the sanctioning … institution is exogenous, which can be explained by a difference in the effectiveness of punishment. Subjects respond to …

contribution. In a laboratory experiment we find that voting generates significantly higher total contributions than making …

In a laboratory experiment, we investigate if groups consisting of two heterogeneous player types (with different …

dilemmas. It is in the self-interest of voters and is often favorably contrasted with letting citizens take punishment into …

. -- formal sanctions ; informal sanctions ; experiment ; voting ; cooperation ; punishment …

chosen by voting. -- Sanction ; social dilemma ; public goods ; voluntary contribution mechanism ; punishment ; experiment … dilemmas. It is in the self-interest of voters and is often favorably contrasted with letting citizens take punishment into …