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Reward and Punishment in Social Dilemmas
By Vanlange
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Description
Reward and punishment is a classic theme in research on social dilemmas. More recently, it has received considerable attention from scientists working in various disciplines such as economics, neuroscience, and psychology. We know now that reward and punishment can promote cooperation in so-called public good dilemmas, where people need to decide how much from their personal resources to contribute to the public good. Clearly, enjoying the contributions of others while not contributing is tempting. Punishment (and reward) are effective in reducing free-riding. Yet the recent explosion of research has also triggered many questions. For example, who can reward and punish most effectively? Is punishment effective in any culture? What are the emotions that accompany reward and punishment? Even if reward and punishment are effective, are they also efficient -- knowing that rewards and punishment are costly to administer? How can sanctioning systems best organized to be reduce free-riding? The chapters in this book, the first in a series on human cooperation, explore the workings of reward and punishment, how they should be organized, and their functions in society, thereby providing a synthesis of the psychology, economics, and neuroscience of human cooperation.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2014-04-21
Publication Date:
2018-09-05
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0199300739
ISBN13:
9780199300730
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Weight:
552 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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