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The Role of Egalitarian Motives in Altruistic Punishment

26 Pages Posted: 20 Aug 2007

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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; University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health

Richard McElreath

University of California, Davis

Oleg Smirnov

State University of New York (SUNY) - Department of Political Science

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

Tim Johnson (Contact Author)

Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University ( email )

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Christopher T. Dawes

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

9500 Gilman Drive
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HOME PAGE: http://dss.ucsd.edu/~cdawes/

James H. Fowler

UC San Diego Division of Social Sciences ( email )

9500 Gilman Drive
Code 0521
La Jolla, CA 92093-0521
United States

HOME PAGE: http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health ( email )

La Jolla, CA
United States

HOME PAGE: http://jhfowler.ucsd.edu

Richard McElreath

University of California, Davis

One Shields Avenue
Apt 153
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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