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cooperation is shaped by the way information about risk is presented (from description or from experience) and by differences in … lotteries with equivalent levels of risk. Cooperation rates in games vary with different levels of risk across decision … stochastic social dilemmas than in the lotteries. The findings highlight how an uncertain environment shapes cooperation and call …
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conflicts. A first experiment shows that a between-group conflict leads to within-group cooperation and particularly individuals … personal costs of within-group versus collective cooperation, supporting the weighted average social preference theory by …
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efficiency. We find that the observed behavior is primarily determined by an imperfect conditional cooperation that prioritizes …
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In-group favoritism in social dilemma situations is one of the main findings of studies in Social Identity Theory. We investigate what causes the in-group bias: is it due to mere group affiliation or, alternatively, is guilt-aversion a possible explanation? We induce group membership in a...
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Abundant evidence suggests that high levels of contributions to public goods can be sustained through self-governed monitoring and sanctions. This experimental study investigates the effectiveness of decentralized sanctioning institutions where punishment opportunities are restricted to agents...
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We experimentally test the social motives behind individual participation in intergroup conflict by manipulating the framing and symmetry of conflict. We find that behavior in conflict depends on whether one is harmed by actions perpetrated by the out-group, but not on one's own influ- ence on...
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cooperation. In between two identical public goods games, participants play a mini dictator game that, depending on the treatment …
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We report on an experiment designed to explore whether and how anger affects future levels of cooperation. Participants … that although anger has a lasting negative effect on cooperation, giving voice to it helps to curtail selfishness. …
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mutual exchange of promises is necessary for the cooperation-enhancing effect of communication, we ï¬nd that, compared to a …
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If the future market wage is uncertain, engaging in long-term employment is risky, with the risk depending on how regulated the labor market is. In our experiment long-term employment can result either from offering long-term contracts or from repeatedly and mutually opting for rematching....
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