Free-riding on altruistic punishment? an experimental comparison of third-party punishment in a stand-alone and in an in-group environment

Review of Law and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 165-194

  Lewisch, Peter G ^a,b   Ottone, Stefania ^a,b   Ponzano, Ferruccio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collective Punishment; Third Party Punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959970086     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15555879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1555-5879.1460     Document Type: Conference Paper

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