Undermining trust and cooperation: The paradox of sanctioning systems in social dilemmas

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-162

  Mulder, Laetitia B ^a   van Dijk, Eric ^a   De Cremer, David ^b   Wilke, Henk A M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Sanctions; Social dilemmas; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 32044467789     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2005.03.002     Document Type: Article

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