Social preferences can make imperfect sanctions work: Evidence from a public good experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 343-353

  Engel, Christoph ^a  

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

Author keywords

Imperfect sanctions; Inequity aversion; Punishment; Social value orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916928753     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2014.02.015     Document Type: Article

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