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 …

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 …

This paper examines the role of other-regarding and time preferences for cooperation in the field. We study the … fishermen who exhibit a higher propensity for cooperation in a laboratory public goods experiment, and those who show more …

temporary contract, while others are permanent members of the same team. In a laboratory experiment we analyze the cooperation …

Development of human societies requires cooperation among unrelated individuals and obedience to social norms. Although … punishment is widely agreed to be potentially useful in fostering cooperation, many recent results in psychology and economics … eliminate its detrimental effects on cooperation. In a public goods game designed to create tension between group and individual …