We develop a model that relates self-control and conflict identification to cooperation patterns in social dilemmas. As … predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels … of cooperation. This means that there is evidence for an impulse to be selfish and that cooperative behavior requires …

theory, while sociological theories of social ties and intergroup comparisons suggest that bilateral cooperation can be … strengthened if there exist outsiders that gain from cooperative break down. We investigate this in a laboratory experiment … implemented by letting subjects make a positive contribution to a public good if they choose to defect from cooperation, i …

cooperation? This paper investigates the possibility that a small deceptive act of misrepresenting some information about one … cooperation level by approximately 12-13 percentage points. Not only that the average catfisher was substantially more likely to …-term opportunities to misrepresent one's identity to others can potentially be extremely harmful to later human cooperation and the …

We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 to 6. In a unified experimental framework, we … examine pre-registered hypotheses about which of three fundamental pillars of human cooperation – direct and indirect … reciprocity, and third-party punishment – emerges earliest as a means to increase cooperation in a repeated prisoner’s dilemma …

Economists and management scholars have argued that the scope of incentives to increase cooperation in organizations is … prevailing cooperation levels among employees before they can set incentives to promote cooperation. In addition, employees … matched to informed managers learn that the manager could base their incentive choice on cooperation levels. We find no …

a high likelihood of cooperation or defection. We find that the effectiveness of flags depends on their timing …

Social interactions predominantly take place under the shadow of the future. Previous literature explains cooperation … paper provides a causal test of the importance of social preferences for cooperation, varying the composition of …-registered experiments (N = 1,074), we show that groups of prosocial individuals achieve substantially higher levels of cooperation. The …

exist in work teams. Our results show that the introduction of a team allocator leads to pronounced cooperation in both …

Understanding the roots of human cooperation among strangers is of great importance for solving pressing social … dilemmas and maintening public goods in human societies. We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 … to 6. In a unified experimental framework, we examine which of three fundamental pillars of human cooperation – direct …