Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/57483 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods No. 2011,30
Publisher: 
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn
Abstract: 
Laboratory experiments by Fudenberg and Pathak (2010), and Vyrastekova, Funaki and Takeuch (2008) show that punishment is able to sustain cooperation in groups even when it is observed only in the end of the interaction sequence. Our results demonstrate that the real power of unobserved punishment is unleashed when combined with observable punishment. Providing both unobserved and observed punishment strongly enhances cooperation within groups - strikingly, even with less intense sanctioning. This surprising result underlines the importance of the coexistence of observed and unobserved sanctioning mechanisms in social dilemmas.
Subjects: 
Public Goods
Unobserved Punishment
Sanctioning Effectiveness
JEL: 
H41
C92
H40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
971.18 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.