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Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation?

Robert H. Frank; Thomas Gilovich; Dennis T. Regan · Journal of Economic Perspectives 7(2), 159–171 · 1993

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Robert H. Frank; Thomas Gilovich; Dennis T. Regan
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DOI 10.1257/jep.7.2.159
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2026-09-01

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EstablishedIn public-goods experiments, Fehr and Gächter found that cooperation declined over repeated rounds without sanctions but rose substantially when participants could punish free-riders at a cost to themselves.