This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and … religious festivals other than the normal daily prayers. The overall results show no differences in cooperation or altruistic … differences in beliefs about others contributions. By and large, this indicates the importance of conditional cooperation. …

We test if cooperation is promoted by rank-order competition between groups in which all groups can be ranked first, i … are absent if groups perform at the same level and it therefore does not eliminate low-cooperation equilibria. We find … that all-can-win competition produces a universal increase in cooperation and benefits a majority of individuals if …

East and West Germany. In East-West comparison, differences in the characteristics of the work force reflect a lower …

economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … situation. Experimental results show that the competitive scheme fosters cooperation. Competition is popular, but the electoral …

, including those where institutions govern only a subset of players. The experiment confirms that institutions are formed … frequently as well as that institution formation has a positive impact on cooperation rates and group welfare. However, the data …

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 …