The Signalling Power of Sanctions in Collective Action Problems
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Keywords
Collective action; trust; incentives; crowding out; conditional cooperation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- J30 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - General
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2007-06-23 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-CDM-2007-06-23 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-SOC-2007-06-23 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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