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Abuse of Power – An experimental investigation of the effects of power and transparency on centralized punishment

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  • Leonard Hoeft

    (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Bonn)

  • Wladislaw Mill

    (International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World, School of Economics and Business Administration, Jena)

Abstract

We investigate power abuse of a single punisher in a public-goods-game subject to variations in punishment power and contribution transparency. We find a high amount of abuse across all conditions. More power led to more abuse over time, while transparency could only curb abuse in the high power conditions. These findings highlight the dangers of power centralization, but suggest a more complex relation of power and transparency

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  • Leonard Hoeft & Wladislaw Mill, 2017. "Abuse of Power – An experimental investigation of the effects of power and transparency on centralized punishment," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2017_15, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.
    • Handle: RePEc:mpg:wpaper:2017_15
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    1. Kirchkamp, Oliver & Mill, Wladislaw, 2020. "Conditional cooperation and the effect of punishment," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 174(C), pages 150-172.
    2. Leonard Hoeft & Wladislaw Mill & Alexander Vostroknutov, 2019. "Normative Perception of Power Abuse," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2019_06, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.

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    Keywords

    Punishment; Public-Goods-Game; Designated Punishment; Abuse; Transparency; Power;
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    JEL classification:

    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
    • K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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