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The signaling value of punishing norm-breakers and rewarding norm-followers
We formally explore the idea that punishment of norm-breakers may be a vehicle for the older generation to teach youngsters about social norms. We show that this signaling role provides sufficient incentives to sustain costly punishing behavior. People punish norm-breakers to pass information about past history to the younger generation. This creates a link between past, present, and future punishment. Information about the past is important for youngsters, because the past shapes the future. Reward-based mechanisms may also work and are welfare superior to punishment-based ones. However, reward-based mechanisms are fragile, since punishment is a more compelling signaling device (in a sense that we make precise).
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Journal: Games ; ISSN: 2073-4336 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2018 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 1-32 ; Basel: MDPI
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
Noncooperative Games
- Subject
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norms
punishment
reaward
signaling
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Adriani, Fabrizio
Sonderegger, Silvia
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Veröffentlichung
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MDPI
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Basel
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2018
- DOI
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doi:10.3390/g9040102
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- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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- Adriani, Fabrizio
- Sonderegger, Silvia
- MDPI
Time of origin
- 2018
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