Incomplete punishment networks, heterogeneity, and cooperation in public good experiments

This study conducts laboratory experiments to explore the effect of punishment on public good contributions when individuals have heterogeneous marginal per capita returns on the public good under different punishment networks. According to the experimental results, we find that the structure of pun...

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Published in:Journal of behavioral and experimental economics 2023-12, Vol.107, p.102091, Article 102091
Main Authors: Peng, Hui-Chun, Fan, Yi-Hsuan
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