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Cooperation and punishment in public goods experiments

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This study shows that individuals will punish 'free-riders' or 'freeloaders' in a work system even if the punishment is costly. An example of these interactions are striking workers treatment of strike breakers.

Author: Fehr, Ernst, Gachter, Simon
Publisher: American Economic Association
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2000
Employee Problems & Counseling, Statistical Data Included, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Public opinion, Employee counseling, Strikebreakers

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Group affiliation and altruistic norm enforcement

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Impact of membership in a social group on punishment of social norm violation is presented.

Author: Fehr, Ernst, Fischbacher, Urs, Bernhard, Helen
Publisher: American Economic Association
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2006
Management dynamics, Psychological aspects, Influence, Company business management, Punishment, Social groups, Social norms, Affiliation (Psychology)

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Inequality aversion, efficiency, and maximin preferences in simple distribution experiments: comment

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The significance of both inequity aversion and efficiency motives is discussed along with data gathered from undergraduate students of economics and business administration. The existence of factors that may affect preferences between equality and efficiency is determined.

Author: Fehr, Ernst, Schmidt, Klaus M., Naef, Michael
Publisher: American Economic Association
Publication Name: American Economic Review
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0002-8282
Year: 2006
Students, College, Evaluation, Surveys, Industrial efficiency, Economic efficiency, College students, Economic equity, Economic justice

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