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Punishment, inequality and emotions

Description : Cooperation among people who are not related to each other is sustained by the availability of punishment devices which help enforce social norms (Fehr and G~chter, 2002). However, the rationale for costly punishment remains unclear. This paper reports the results of an experiment investigating ineq...
Language(s) : English
Subject(s) : A13 , C92 , D63 , ddc:330 , inequality aversion , negative emotions , free-riding , cooperation , experiment
Publisher(s) : IZA Bonn
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Publication Date(s) : 2006-01-01