7- Punishment & Cooperation Flashcards

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How could results in Nikiforakis et al. (2012) be explored further?

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replicate in other countries/ cultures

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In Nikiforakis and Normann (2008):

Punishment ____ _____ with a damage/cost ratio of at least ___

Punishment ____ ____ with a damage/cost ratio greater than or equal to ____

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sustains cooperation, 2:1

increases welfare, 3:1

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Which paper investigates punishment using sanctions?

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Fehr and Gächter (2000)

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4
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What does VCM stand for?

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voluntary contribution mechanism

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Which paper was published in 2000?

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Fehr and Gachter

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Name 2 things that normative conflict substantially increases. (Nikiforakis et al. (2012))

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extent of counter punishment

likelihood that a feud erupts

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Fehr and Gächter (2000) makes 2 assumptions. What are they?

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Punishment is not credible since the game is finitely repeated

Punishment itself is a public good prone to free riding

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Nikiforakis et al. (2012) finds that individuals favour normative rules that are ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

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associated with greater personal gains

(low-return players were significantly more likely to believe that high-return players should contribute more than low-return players)

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9
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Which paper explores the hypothesis:

‘normative conflict enhances the likelihood of a feud in a public-good experiment’

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Nikiforakis et al. (2012)

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Describe the method used in Nikiforakis and Normann (2008).

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5 treatments

no punishment + 4 levels of increasing punishment magnitude for same cost

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Describe the two stages in Nikiforakis et al. (2012).

Stage 2 differs with each of the 3 treatments- what are they?

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Stage 1: encryption task- used to make the feeling of unequal earnings more salient and normative conflict more intense

Stage 2: differs with treatment- (no feud, symmetric, asymmetric)

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12
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Which paper investigates communication?

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Bochet et al. (2006)

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Describe the design/method in Hopfensitz and Reuben (2009).

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trust game with infinite rounds of punishment

2 periods

perfect stranger matching

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To what extent does Cubitt et al. (2011) find a framing effect on beliefs about contributions?

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only finds limited evidence

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Why is enforcement of a cooperative norm more costly in Hopfensitz and Reuben (2009)?

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anger triggers retaliatory behaviour by the punished individuals

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From Bosman and van Winden (2002):

the probability of destroying income is ___ ___ to the intensity of experienced negative emotions

the probability of destroying income is ____ ____ to the take rate

the responder’s expectation of the take rate has __ ____ ____ on the probability of destroying income but not on ___ ___ ___ ____ ____

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positively related

positively related

a significant effect

intensity of experienced emotion

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17
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Which paper was published in 2006?

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Bochet et al.

18
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Which topic are you studying?

A

Punishment & Cooperation

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In Bosman and van Winden (2002), the game is followed up by a survey. Name 3 things this asked about.

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Feelings regarding take rate

expectation of take rate

opinion of fair take rate

20
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When was Cubitt et al. published?

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What does Bosman and van Winden (2002) investigate? Using what kind of game? How does this work?

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Investigates role of expectations

using power-to-take game

Proposer/ responder earns money doing real task, proposer chooses take rate, responder chooses destruction rate (for both payoffs)

22
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When was Nikiforakis et al. published?

23
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Describe 3 results from papers related to Bochet et al. (2006).

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Making promises is very effective, even better than history

Calling on others’ kindness does not work

Video communication is also effective

24
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Contributions are ____ in the Asymmetric than in the No Feud treatment, but earnings are ___ ___ ___ between the two treatments. (Nikiforakis et al. (2012))

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greater

not significantly different

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In Hopfensitz and Reuben (2009), what was measured before participants made decisions?
emotions
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In Hopfensitz and Reuben (2009): second movers cooperate after being punished only if they ____ ____ There is considerable retaliation. Second movers retaliate because they are feel ____ and feel no ____ .
feel guilt anger, guilt
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From Bosman and van Winden (2002), which emotions are the best predictors of destruction?
Anger-like emotions
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From Hopfensitz and Reuben (2009), what is required for punishment to be effective?
Punished subjects should switch to cooperation Punished subjects should not punish back
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What does Fehr and Gächter (2000) find regarding i) effect of punishment on contributions ii) concentration of punishment
Punishment increases contributions (even among strangers) Punishment is concentrated on low contributors (above avg contributors punish those who contribute below avg)
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In Cubitt et al. (2011), what is the effect of framing on the anger and guilt functions? What about the punishment function?
anger: no guilt: no punishment: no (ceteris paribus)
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Which social emotion needs to be present for punishment to be an effective deterrent of uncooperative actions? How does it do this?
Guilt Does this by limiting retaliation and therefore motivating cooperative behaviour in the future
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What effect does normative conflict have on earnings? How is this reflected in the differences in earnings between different treatments in Nikiforakis et al. (2012)?
earnings are lower in the Asymmetric treatment than in the Symmetric treatment, despite similar contribution levels
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Nikiforakis et al. (2012) finds ___ ___ for the existence of ___ ___ in the experiment
strong evidence | normative conflict
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Nikiforakis and Normann (2008) examines the sensitivity of ____ on ____ .
sensitivity of effect of punishment to price changes
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Describe the 2 treatments in Fehr and Gächter (2000).
Standard VCM VCM with punishment (can punish others with cost to yourself)
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What are the two stages of the experiment in Cubitt et al. (2011)?
1 contribution stage | 2 punishment stage
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When was Bosman and van Winden published?
2002
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What do results from Bochet et al. (2006) suggest about i) face to face communication and ii) communication restrictions
Face to face communication dramatically increases cooperation The effect of communication is eroded as it becomes more restricted
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Which paper was published in 2008?
Nikiforakis and Normann
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Which paper investigates the effect of social framing on experimental results?
Cubitt et al. (2011)
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Which paper was published in 2009?
Hopfensitz and Reuben