Punishment is a popular tool when governing commons in situations where free riders
would otherwise take over. It is well known that sanctioning systems, such as the police and …

Direct reciprocity is a powerful mechanism for the evolution of cooperation on the basis of
repeated interactions,,–. It requires that interacting individuals are sufficiently equal, such …

Social institutions often use rewards and penalties to promote cooperation. Providing
incentives tends to be costly, so it is important to find effective and efficient policies for the …

Pro-social punishment is a key driver of harmonious and stable society. However, this
institution is vulnerable to corruption since law-violators can avoid sanctioning by paying …

Interventions are to the social sciences what inventions are to the physical sciences–an
application of science as technology. Behavioural science has emerged as a powerful toolkit …

Abstract In the Ultimatum Game, a proposer suggests how to split a sum of money with a
responder. If the responder rejects the proposal, both players get nothing. Rejection of unfair …

Deception plays a critical role in the dissemination of information, and has important
consequences on the functioning of cultural, market-based and democratic institutions …

Prosocial punishment has been proved to be a powerful mean to promote cooperation.
Recent studies have found that social exclusion, which indeed can be regarded as a kind of …

It has been argued that using Theory-of-Mind (ToM) is a fundamental cognitive ability that
underpins effective deceptive behaviour. However, we still do not have a clear …

The view that altruistic punishment plays an important role in supporting public cooperation
among human beings and other species has been widely accepted by the public. However …