Participation and punishment
| Autor: | C. Daniel Myers |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Sociology and Political Science
Punishment (psychology) Group cooperation Ethical egoism 05 social sciences Turnout Social value orientations 0506 political science 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration Voter turnout 050207 economics Laboratory experiment Psychology Social psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Theoretical Politics. 28:537-551 |
| ISSN: | 1460-3667 0951-6298 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0951629815586882 |
| Popis: | Studies have demonstrated that altruistic punishment can motivate pro-social behavior in settings that require group cooperation. This paper extends these findings to the voter participation game. Using a laboratory experiment we find that some subjects are willing to punish abstainers and that punishment increases participation. However, not all subjects respond to punishment equally. We find that punishment increases turnout more among subjects with a egoist social value orientation (SVO) than among subjects with a pro-social SVO. This suggests that increased opportunities for altruistic punishment do not just increase participation, but may also change the composition of the electorate. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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