Abuse of power: An experimental investigation of the effects of power and transparency on centralized punishment
We investigate power abuse of a single punisher in a public-goods-game subject to variations in punishment power and contribution transparency. We find a high amount of abuse across all conditions. More power led to more abuse over time, while transparency could only curb abuse in the high power con...
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| Volume: | 2017/15 |
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| Main Author: |
Hoeft, Leonard
Mill, Wladislaw |
| Format: | Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Place of publication: |
Bonn Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2017 |
| published in: | Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Vol. 2017/15 |
| Data of publication: | 2017 |
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| Database: | EconStor Database information Databases - DBIS |