Are women disproportionately attracted to work environments where cooperation rather than competition is rewarded? This … paper reports the results of a real-effort experiment in which participants choose between an individual compensation scheme …

cooperation) and payoff structure on cooperative behaviour, using an experimental setting with incomplete information. A game of … cooperate than predicted by theory. They also suggest that agent heterogeneity matters: the higher the proportion of 'strategic … cooperation (embedded in the payoff structure) tend to lower defection. Taken together, our results suggest that the subjects …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused … punished, and increase their subsequent level of cooperation. The outcome is an increased level of contribution that becomes …

Cooperation among people who are not related to each other is sustained by the availability of punishment devices which … paper reports the results of an experiment investigating inequality aversion and negative emotions as possible determinants …

Cooperation among people who are not related to each other is sustained by the availability of punishment devices which … paper reports the results of an experiment investigating inequality aversion and negative emotions as possible determinants …

Finding a solution concept is one of the central problems in cooperative game theory, and the notion of core is the …