Costly punishment across human societies

Science • Vol/Iss. 312 • Published In • Pages: 1767-1770 •
By Henrich, Joseph, McElreath, Richard L., Barr, Abigail, Ensminger, Jean, Barrett, Clark, Bolyanatz, Alexander, Cardenas, Juan Camilo, Gurven, Michael, Gwako, Edwins, Henrich, Natalie, Lesoorogol, Carolyn, Marlowe, Frank W., Tracer, David, Ziker, John

Hypothesis

Costly punishment behavior in economic games will be present across a diverse range of human populations (1770).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
No Formal TestSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Costly Punishment BehaviorDependentSanctions