Monopolizing sanctioning power under noise eliminates perverse punishment but does not increase cooperation

We run several experiments which allow us to compare cooperation under perfect and imperfect information in a centralized and decentralized punishment regime. Under perfect and extremely noisy information, aggregate behavior does not differ between institutions. Under intermediate noise, punishment...

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Main Authors: Sven Fischer, Kristoffel Grechenig, Nicolas Meier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00180/full