Ostracism and fines in a public goods game with accidental contributions: The importance of punishment type

Punishment is an important method for discouraging uncooperative behavior. We use a novel design for a public goods game in which players have explicit intended contributions with accidentally changed actual contributions, and in which players can apply costly fines or ostracism. Moreover, all playe...

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Main Authors: Torrin M. Liddell, John K. Kruschke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2014-11-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/14/14721a/jdm14721a.pdf