Dispositional free riders do not free ride on punishment

Till O. Weber; Ori Weisel; Simon Gächter

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04775-8

Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Dispositional free riders do not free ride on punishment

Till O. Weber,
Ori Weisel,
Simon Gächter

Affiliations

Till O. Weber: School of Economics, University College Dublin
Ori Weisel: Coller School of Management, Tel Aviv University
Simon Gächter: Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, Sir Clive Granger Building, University of Nottingham

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04775-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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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.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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