Among the most researched solutions to social dilemmas is communication. Since the late 1950s, it has been well known … that communication enhances cooperation in social dilemmas. This article reports a meta-analysis of this literature (forty …-five effect sizes) and finds a large positive effect of communication on cooperation in social dilemmas (d = 1.01). This effect is …

"Institutional approaches to social dilemmas have so far focused on how to create incentive structures that channel …."This dissertation develops game theoretic models of social dilemmas with individuals who are rational in the sense that they have … altruism, and (3) the possibility of sustained mutual cooperation in finitely repeated social dilemmas is affected by the …

challenging. Only by combining a strategic approach with short-term flexibility, the effort can be successful. These dilemmas are …

"In symmetric commons dilemmas, peer sanctioning, i.e. the possibility to gather information about the resource use of … asymmetric commons dilemmas as well? And what are the effects of structural asymmetry on the users information gathering behavior …