This paper provides a new way to identify conditional cooperation in a real-time version of the standard voluntary contribution mechanism. We define contribution cycles as the number of contributors a player waits for before committing to a further contribution, and use a permutation test on...

We study non-instrumental value for information when choosing between symmetric and asymmetric information sources. Although symmetry is a seemingly superficial characteristic, we find a systematic preference for a symmetric source over an asymmetric one. We elicit beliefs and find that...