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 …

effects of participation in markets on non-market activities requiring cooperation. In our setup, market interaction takes …-Strangers. We compare the efficiency of cooperation with and without market experience controlling for earnings, allowing us to … effect on cooperation efficiency in Market-Partners, that is among those who had to compete with each other on on the same …

We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods …

individuals' cooperation preferences in one experiment and use them - as well as subjects' elicited beliefs - to explain …We provide a test of the role of social preferences and beliefs in voluntary cooperation and its decline. We elicit … based on this data, we show that the decline of cooperation can be driven by the fact that most people have a preference to …

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 …

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 …

pillar is internalized norms of cooperation, sustained by emotions such as guilt and shame. The second pillar is the … motivation can sustain cooperation if enough people cooperate but can jeopardise social order if many others follow selfish …

international cooperation. Our game-theoretical model of asymmetric countries allows for a rigorous analysis of the strategic …

We study the stability of voluntary cooperation in response to varying rates at which a group grows. Using a laboratory … cooperation. We then study the effect on cooperation of exogenously varying rates of entry. Slow growth yields higher cooperation … endogenous growth generally also produces high cooperation levels, growth stalls at intermediate group sizes, leaving potential …

Over the last millennium, the clan and the corporation have been the loci of cooperation in China and Europe … bifurcation. We highlight that groups with which individuals identify are basic units of cooperation. Such loyalty groups …, and the implied pattern of cooperation …