Abstract

In recent years, a large body of literature has explored the relative roles of bilateral reciprocity and centralized authority in enforcing cooperative behavior. These are, of course, the two most prominent institutional alternatives discussed since the time of Hobbes. More recently, scholars such as Axelrod (1986) and Ellickson (1987) have drawn attention to a third alternative: social norms.

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