Do non-strategic sanctions obey the law of demand? The demand for punishment in the voluntary contribution mechanism

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-24

  Anderson, Christopher M ^a   Putterman, Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Demand; Experiment; Public goods; Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 29944445824     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2004.08.007     Document Type: Article

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