The role of egalitarian motives in altruistic punishment

Tim Johnson; Christopher T. Dawes; James H. Fowler; Richard McElreath; Oleg Smirnov

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2009.01.003

The role of egalitarian motives in altruistic punishment

Tim Johnson
, Christopher T. Dawes
, James H. Fowler
, Richard McElreath
, Oleg Smirnov

Political Science

Stanford University
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
University of California at San Diego
University of Utah

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Abstract

We conduct experiments in which subjects participate in both a game that measures preferences for income equality and a public goods game involving costly punishment. The results indicate that individuals who care about equality are those who are most willing to punish free-riders in public goods games.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	192-194
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	102
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2009.01.003
State	Published - Mar 2009

Keywords

Altruistic punishment
Egalitarian motives
Experiments
Public goods games

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