reinforcement learning, conditional cooperation, inertia, preference for consistency, and limited attention. Our findings point to a …

We conduct experiments in urban slums to measure trust and cooperation and to see how behavior varies with demographic …

promote cooperation? Second, what are the characteristics of the individuals involved that determine the degree to which they …

different amounts of competition on-the-job and that these differences explain differences in cooperation in our experiment …, perceptions of competition faced on-the-job and the treatment effect of job incentives explain these differences in cooperation to …

situations requiring trust and trustworthiness. As a control we compare the behavior of CEOs with the behavior of students. We … find that CEOs are considerably more trusting and exhibit more trustworthiness than students - thus reaching substantially … higher efficiency levels than students. Moreover, we find that, for CEOs as well as for students, incentives based on …

We examine strategic interactions between firms and planners in China, comparing behavior between: (i) students and … in context generated greater levels of strategic play for managers, with minimal impact on students. …