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The Joint Benefits of Observed and Unobserved Punishment: Comment to Unobserved Punishment Supports CooperationAndreas GlöcknerMax Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Sebastian KubeMax Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods; University of Bonn; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Andreas NicklischMax Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods November 18, 2011 MPI Collective Goods Preprint No. 2011/30 Abstract: Laboratory experiments by Fudenberg and Pathak (2010), and Vyrastekova, Funaki and Takeuch (2008) show that punishment is able to sustain cooperation in groups even when it is observed only in the end of the interaction sequence. Our results demonstrate that the real power of unobserved punishment is unleashed when combined with observable punishment. Providing both unobserved and observed punishment strongly enhances cooperation within groups – strikingly, even with less intense sanctioning. This surprising result underlines the importance of the coexistence of observed and unobserved sanctioning mechanisms in social dilemmas.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 22 Keywords: Public Goods, Unobserved Punishment, Sanctioning Effectiveness JEL Classification: H41, C92, H40 working papers seriesDate posted: December 15, 2011Suggested CitationContact Information
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