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

The magnitude of costly punishment behavior in economic games will vary among a diverse sample of cultures (1770).

Note

Variation was not significantly related to economic or demographic variables.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
linear regressionSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Costly Punishment BehaviorDependentSanctions