Normative conflict and feuds: The limits of self-enforcement

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 96, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 797-807

  Nikiforakis, Nikos ^a,b   Noussair, Charles N ^c   Wilkening, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH ON COLLECTIVE GOODS   (Germany)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Counter punishment; Feuds; Heterogeneous groups; Normative conflict; Peer punishment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862986992     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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