Junhui Wu

Who they are

The work of Junhui Wu reaches this site through the paper listed below. On this site the name is tied to Gossip, Reputation.

Key papers

Wu, J., Balliet, D., & Van Lange, P. A. M. (2016). Gossip versus punishment: The efficiency of reputation to promote and maintain cooperation. Scientific Reports, 6, 23919. What it reports: Compared gossip with punishment in a public goods game and a trust game. Gossip raised cooperation and earnings, punishment did not raise cooperation overall and lowered earnings, and people who had been in gossip groups were more trusting and trustworthy in a later game.

Key ideas

Gossip: Everyday talk about who did what, the low-cost end of norm enforcement.

Reputation: What a group collectively believes about a person's conduct, updated as people share what they have seen.

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