Feedback, punishment and cooperation in public good experiments

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Nikiforakis, Nikos
• 署名单位: University of Melbourne
• 刊物名称: GAMES AND ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0899-8256
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2009.09.004
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 689-702
• 关键词: Feedback format; Peer punishment; Public good game; Altruistic punishment; COOPERATION

摘要

A number of studies have shown that peer punishment can sustain cooperation in Public good games. This paper shows that the format used to give Subjects feedback is critical for the efficacy Of punishment. Providing subjects with information about the earnings Of their peers leads to significantly less cooperation and lower efficiency compared to a treatment in which Subjects receive information about the contributions of their peers. This is despite the fact that the feedback format does not affect incentives. The data Suggest that this happens because the feedback format acts as a coordination device which influences the contribution standards that groups establish. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.