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Carrot or stick?

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  • Simon Gächter

    (Simon Gächter is in the Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK.)

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Rewards and punishments can cajole people into cooperating, but they are costly to implement. A theoretical study finds that, when participation in group activities is optional, punishing uncooperative behaviour is the cheaper method.

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  • Simon Gächter, 2012. "Carrot or stick?," Nature, Nature, vol. 483(7387), pages 39-40, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:483:y:2012:i:7387:d:10.1038_483039a
    DOI: 10.1038/483039a
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    1. Tatsuya Sasaki, 2014. "The Evolution of Cooperation Through Institutional Incentives and Optional Participation," Dynamic Games and Applications, Springer, vol. 4(3), pages 345-362, September.
    2. Andrea Guazzini & Ayça Saraç & Camillo Donati & Annalisa Nardi & Daniele Vilone & Patrizia Meringolo, 2017. "Participation and Privacy Perception in Virtual Environments: The Role of Sense of Community, Culture and Gender between Italian and Turkish," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-19, April.

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