Dear All,
we are pleased to invite you to another Seminar in Empirical Economics taking place at the library of the Institute of Economic Research of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (IER SAS), on:
January 23, 2026 (Friday) at 10:00 – 11:30This time, the invitation has been accepted by:
Jenny Kragl
(EBS Business School, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany), delivering a presentation titled:
“The Social Norm of Norm Enforcement: A Crowdsourced Experiment”Abstract: In this study, we consider the role of punishment as a way to promote and sustain cooperation in social dilemmas. Cooperation among strangers is essential for societies to thrive. Yet, cooperation often breaks down, especially in one-shot interactions among strangers. Although punishment of free-riders can alleviate such problems, some studies suggest that individuals often dislike this type of punishment. We conduct a crowdsourced experiment with more than 7,000 participants divided into 14 treatments to examine what determines the social appropriateness of punishing free riders. Contrary to the traditional view on punishment in economics, we find that there is a disconnect between first-order norms (cooperation) and second-order norms (punishment to promote cooperation). Our study also provides guidelines for institutional design, as we show that a positive punishment norm can exist when sanctions are expressive rather than harmful or when sanctioning is delegated to impartial third parties.The seminar will be organized in a hybrid form – for those interested, the speaker and a couple of discussants will be present in the library of IER SAS.
Link:
https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-jo ... d04a%22%7d If you know of anyone who might be interested in this topic, please forward this information on.
More information about the seminars can be found at:
https://ekonom.sav.sk/en/empiricke-seminare11 If you prefer not to receive seminar invitations, please feel free to reach out to:
maria.lackova@savba.sk
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