The long-run benefits of punishment

Science

Volumn 322, Issue 5907, 2008, Pages 1510-

  Gächter, Simon ^a   Renner, Elke ^a   Sefton, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE SECTOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; PUNISHMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349195068     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1164744     Document Type: Article

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