Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:16:45 BST CiteULike: hardins Gachter http://www.citeulike.org/user/hardin/author/Gachter CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/hardin/article/849771 <i>The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 14, No. 3. (2000), pp. 159-181.</i> Fairness and Retaliation: The Economics of Reciprocity Ernst Fehr Simon Gachter The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 14, No. 3. (2000), pp. 159-181. 2006-09-19T14:25:07-00:00 2000 The Journal of Economic Perspectives 14 3 159 181 no-tag http://www.citeulike.org/user/hardin/article/2486357 <i>Science, Vol. 319, No. 5868. (7 March 2008), pp. 1362-1367.</i><br /><br />We document the widespread existence of antisocial punishment, that is, the sanctioning of people who behave prosocially. Our evidence comes from public goods experiments that we conducted in 16 comparable participant pools around the world. However, there is a huge cross-societal variation. Some participant pools punished the high contributors as much as they punished the low contributors, whereas in others people only punished low contributors. In some participant pools, antisocial punishment was strong enough to remove the cooperation-enhancing effect of punishment. We also show that weak norms of civic cooperation and the weakness of the rule of law in a country are significant predictors of antisocial punishment. Our results show that punishment opportunities are socially beneficial only if complemented by strong social norms of cooperation. 10.1126/science.1153808 Antisocial Punishment Across Societies Benedikt Herrmann Christian Thoni Simon Gachter doi:10.1126/science.1153808 Science, Vol. 319, No. 5868. (7 March 2008), pp. 1362-1367. 2008-03-07T17:54:27-00:00 2008 Science 319 5868 1362 1367 punishment http://www.citeulike.org/user/hardin/article/91544 <i>Nature, Vol. 415, No. 6868. (10 January 2002), pp. 137-140.</i> Altruistic punishment in humans Ernst Fehr Simon Gachter doi:10.1038/415137a Nature, Vol. 415, No. 6868. (10 January 2002), pp. 137-140. 2005-02-10T02:07:32-00:00 2002 Nature 415 6868 137 140 publc_good punishment