Dispositional free riders do not free ride on punishment

Strong positive and strong negative reciprocators reward cooperation and punish defection, respectively, regardless of future benefits. Here, Weber and colleagues demonstrate that dispositions towards strong positive and strong negative reciprocity are not correlated within individuals.

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Main Authors: Till O. Weber, Ori Weisel, Simon Gächter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04775-8
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spelling doaj-357606ff5a1b4e6aa34bff2078eefed02021-05-11T10:18:17ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232018-06-01911910.1038/s41467-018-04775-8Dispositional free riders do not free ride on punishmentTill O. Weber0Ori Weisel1Simon Gächter2School of Economics, University College DublinColler School of Management, Tel Aviv UniversityCentre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, Sir Clive Granger Building, University of NottinghamStrong positive and strong negative reciprocators reward cooperation and punish defection, respectively, regardless of future benefits. Here, Weber and colleagues demonstrate that dispositions towards strong positive and strong negative reciprocity are not correlated within individuals.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04775-8
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description Strong positive and strong negative reciprocators reward cooperation and punish defection, respectively, regardless of future benefits. Here, Weber and colleagues demonstrate that dispositions towards strong positive and strong negative reciprocity are not correlated within individuals.
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