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The Role of Egalitarian Motives in Altruistic Punishment


Tim Johnson


Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University

Christopher T. Dawes


University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science

James H. Fowler


UC San Diego Division of Social Sciences; UC San Diego School of Medicine

Richard McElreath


University of California, Davis

Oleg Smirnov


State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Political Science
May 17, 2007


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.

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Date posted: August 20, 2007  

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Johnson, Tim, Dawes, Christopher T., Fowler, James H., McElreath, Richard and Smirnov, Oleg, The Role of Egalitarian Motives in Altruistic Punishment (May 17, 2007). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1008038 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1008038

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Tim Johnson (Contact Author)
Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University ( email )
900 State Street
Salem, OR 97301
United States
Christopher T. Dawes
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Department of Political Science ( email )
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United States
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James H. Fowler
UC San Diego Division of Social Sciences ( email )
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Code 0521
La Jolla, CA 92093-0521
United States
HOME PAGE: http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu
UC San Diego School of Medicine ( email )
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MC 0507
La Jolla, CA 92093
United States
HOME PAGE: http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu
Richard McElreath
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
United States
Oleg Smirnov
State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Political Science ( email )
Stony Brook, 11794-4392
United States
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