Peer punishment promotes enforcement of bad social norms

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:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00731-0
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