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Third-party punishment and social norms

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Fehr, Ernst, Fischbacher, Urs·2004·Evolution and Human Behavior

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  • Punishment of norm violators is a pervasive part of human social life.

    “Understanding the malleability of punitive preferences is especially important given that punishment of norm violators is a pervasive part of human social life 19 – 21 .”
  • People punish norm violators both as a second-party victim or third-party juror.

    “Given existing work illustrating that people punish norm violators both as a second-party victim or third-party juror 19 , 20 , 33 , we then tested whether an individual’s susceptibility to group influence hinges on whether they are a wronged victim or an unaffected juror (Experiments 3–4).”
  • Donors are more generous if they learn that the recipient has recently made a donation to a charitable institution.

    “For example, donors are more generous if they learn that the recipient has recently made a donation to a charitable institution 72 .”

    From Evolution of indirect reciprocity (2005) · cites this paper as [72]

    The Results and dictator-game passages report transfers and punishment, but do not say whether recipients had previously donated to charity or whether donors learned of such donations. Searches for “donation to a charitable institution” and “recipient donated charity” found no passage addressing the claimed effect. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Fehr, E., & Fischbacher, U.
Affiliations
University of Zurich (CH)
Corresponding author
Fehr, Ernst
Venue
Evolution and Human Behavior
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2004-03
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
63-87
ISSN
1090-5138 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2157228429
Cited by
2,417
References
88
Citations by year
2026: 77 · 2025: 132 · 2024: 154 · 2023: 152 · 2022: 143 · 2021: 172 · 2020: 195 · 2019: 164 · 2018: 111 · 2017: 112 · 2016: 106 · 2015: 129 · 2014: 122 · 2013: 96 · 2012: 101
FWCI
125.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Evolution and Human Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Power and Status Dynamics
Keywords
third-party punishment, social norms, strong reciprocity, cooperation norms, norm enforcement, second-party punishment, norm violation

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