The role of egalitarian motives in altruistic punishment (2009)
Abstract
We conduct experiments in which subjects participate in both a game that measures preferences for income equality and a public goods game involving costly punishment. The results indicate that individuals who care about equality are those who are most willing to punish free-riders in public goods games. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Bibliographic entry
Johnson, T., Dawes, Christopher T., Fowler, James H., McElreath, R., & Smirnov, O. (2009). The role of egalitarian motives in altruistic punishment. Economics Letters, 102, 192-194. doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2009.01.003 (Full text)
Miscellaneous
| Publication year | 2009 | |
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| Document type: | Article | |
| Publication status: | Published | |
| External URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.01.003 View | |
| Categories: | Experimental GamesEconomic Behavior | |
| Keywords: | altruistic punishmentegalitarian motivesexperimentspublic goods games |