Dictators shift their modal transfer only after experiencing punishment firsthand.

Evidence

5 Some dictators seem to have anticipated this difference in punishment across treatments. While the modal transfer level is zero in the TP condition, the modal transfer level is 50 in the SP condition. A Wilcoxon signed rank test for matched pairs shows, however, that—despite the shift in the modal offer—the average offer is not different across conditions. This suggests that, to have an impact on the dictators’ behavior, dictators have to experience that low transfers do not pay in the SP condition. — Ernst Fehr, Third-Party Punishment and Social Norms, 86

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to Fehr & Fischbacher third-party punishment work the reader is already integrating with The Scarlet Letter—contrasts anticipated vs. experienced punishment. — connects to: Punishment only temporarily suppresses behavior, never eliminating it — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 5928

Broader Connections

• Punishment only temporarily suppresses behavior, never eliminating it #complicates (0.80) — , The Rod and the Child, 5928