Peer punishment promotes enforcement of bad social norms

Punishment by peers can enforce social norms, such as contributing to a public good. Here, Abbink and colleagues show that individuals will enforce norms even when contributions reduce the net benefit of the group, resulting in the maintenance of wasteful contributions.

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Autores principales: Klaus Abbink, Lata Gangadharan, Toby Handfield, John Thrasher
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:28b97af8287540f395042b74b79fd2572021-12-02T14:40:48ZPeer punishment promotes enforcement of bad social norms10.1038/s41467-017-00731-02041-1723https://doaj.org/article/28b97af8287540f395042b74b79fd2572017-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00731-0https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Punishment by peers can enforce social norms, such as contributing to a public good. Here, Abbink and colleagues show that individuals will enforce norms even when contributions reduce the net benefit of the group, resulting in the maintenance of wasteful contributions.Klaus AbbinkLata GangadharanToby HandfieldJohn ThrasherNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017)
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Peer punishment promotes enforcement of bad social norms
description Punishment by peers can enforce social norms, such as contributing to a public good. Here, Abbink and colleagues show that individuals will enforce norms even when contributions reduce the net benefit of the group, resulting in the maintenance of wasteful contributions.
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