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The punishment that sustains cooperation is often coordinated and costly.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22289309     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Experiments are not models of cooperation; instead, they demonstrate the presence of the ethical and other-regarding predispositions that often motivate cooperation and the punishment of free-riders. Experimental behavior predicts subjects' cooperation in the field. Ethnographic studies in small-scale societies without formal coercive institutions demonstrate that disciplining defectors is both essential to cooperation and often costly to the punisher.
Authors:
Samuel Bowles; Robert Boyd; Sarah Mathew; Peter J Richerson
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Behavioral and brain sciences     Volume:  35     ISSN:  1469-1825     ISO Abbreviation:  Behav Brain Sci     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-31     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7808666     Medline TA:  Behav Brain Sci     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  20-1     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87501. samuel.bowles@gmail.com http://www.santafe.edu/~bowles.
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