The Behavioral Logic of Collective Action: Partisans Cooperate and Punish More Than Nonpartisans

Political Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 595-616

  Smirnov, Oleg ^a   Dawes, Christopher T ^b   Fowler, James H ^b   Johnson, Tim ^c   McElreath, Richard ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruistic punishment; Collective action; Partisanship; Public goods game; Strong reciprocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955134670     PISSN: 0162895X     EISSN: 14679221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2010.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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