In Defense of the Commons: Young Children Negatively Evaluate and Sanction Free Riders

Human flourishing depends on individuals paying costs to contribute to the common good, but such arrangements are vulnerable to free riding, in which individuals benefit from others’ contributions without paying costs themselves. Systems of tracking and sanctioning free riders can stabilize cooperat...

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Main Authors: Choi, Y.-J (Author), Dunham, Y. (Author), Misch, A. (Author), Yang, F. (Author), Yang, X. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2018
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