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Sustaining Cooperation in Repeated Public Good Games via Peer Punishment
Findings from laboratory studies show that it is possible to maintain high levels of cooperation over multiple rounds of a public good game. This is achievable when participants are given the ability to identify and penalize 'free-riders'—those who contribute less than the established group norm.
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