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How to treat those of ill repute

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A much-needed theoretical analysis deals with whether the principle known as 'costly punishment' helps to maintain cooperation in human society. It will prompt a fresh wave of experiments and theory.

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  1. Bettina Rockenbach is in the Department of Economics, University of Erfurt, Nordhäuser Straße 63, D-99089 Erfurt, Germany. bettina.rockenbach@uni-erfurt.de,

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  2. Manfred Milinski is in the Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August-Thienemann-Straße 2, D-24306 Plön, Germany. milinski@evolbio.mpg.de,

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