Gossip versus punishment: The efficiency of reputation to promote and maintain cooperation
Wu, Balliet and Van Lange, Scientific Reports 6, 2016, 23919. Four-round public goods game and two-round trust game. Gossip increased cooperation and earnings; punishment had no overall effect on cooperation and reduced earnings; gossip also made people more trusting and trustworthy in the later trust game even when gossip was no longer possible.
Wu, Balliet and Van Lange, Scientific Reports 6, 2016, 23919. Four-round public goods game and two-round trust game. Gossip increased cooperation and earnings; punishment had no overall effect on cooperation and reduced earnings; gossip also made people more trusting and trustworthy in the later trust game even when gossip was no longer possible.
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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. doi:10.1038/srep23919 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23919