Punitive sentiment as an anti-free rider psychological device.
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Punishment and sanctioning are important for maintaining cooperation.
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- Authors
- Price, M. E., Cosmides, L., & Tooby, J.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- Corresponding author
- Price, Michael E
- Venue
- Evolution and Human Behavior
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-05
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 203-231
- ISSN
- 1090-5138 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2101418566
- Cited by
- 360
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 32 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 17 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 99.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Evolution and Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Keywords
- free-riding, collective action, punishment, public goods, cooperation, labor recruitment, evolutionary psychology, rational choice
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