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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Main Authors: Klaus Abbink, Lata Gangadharan, Toby Handfield, John Thrasher
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/28b97af8287540f395042b74b79fd257
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