Norm enforcement
Subtitle: anger, indignation or reciprocity?
By: by Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Peter Hans Matthews.
Contributors: Matthews, Peter Hans
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1583; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1583
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Social norms -- Economic aspects.
Description: "The enforcement of social norms often requires that unaffected third parties sanction offenders. Given the renewed interest of economists in norms, the literature on third party punishment is surprisingly thin, however. In this paper, we report on the results of an experiment designed to evaluate two distinct explanations for this phenomenon, indignation and group reciprocity. We find evidence in favor of both, with the caveat that the incidence of indignation-driven sanctions is perhaps smaller than earlier studies have hinted. Furthermore, our results suggest that second parties use sanctions to promote conformism while third parties intervene primarily to promote efficiency"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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