In this paper we experimentally investigate whether partial coercion can in combination with conditional cooperation … finding is that in our setting conditional cooperation is not a strong enough force to increase contribution levels. Although … cooperation and puts some doubt on the idea that it is crucial in overcoming social dilemma problems …

We study how punishment influences conditional cooperation. We ask two questions: 1) how does conditional cooperation … change if a subject can be punished and 2) how does conditional cooperation change if a subject has the power to punish … cooperation. We find that the possibility of being punished increases the strength of conditional cooperation. At the same time …

, enhancing the social exclusivity of market purchases. In effect, majority voting may lead to a public provision that only a …

interact with policy design by politicians? We address these questions by developing a model of electoral competition with …

of universal cooperation because the more prosocial subjects populate the two efficient institutions first, elect … prosocial judges (if institutionally possible), and immediately establish a social norm of high cooperation. This norm appears … to guide subjects' cooperation and punishment choices, including the virtually complete removal of antisocial punishment …

researchers aiming for recognition of their work by their peers and the public. We show that competition for recognition may lead …

identical public good games, with cooperation institutionally enforced in one game. The presence of an institution in one game … generally enhances cooperation in the other game, thus documenting a positive spillover effect. These indirect spillover effects …