-extraction and cooperation shocks trigger short-run adjustments in the agents' behaviour. However, shocks do not have permanent … effects. This explains the long-run resilience of cooperation to rent extraction. We also show that cooperative attitudes and …

-1367), who study cooperation and punishment in sixteen subject pools from six different world cultures (as classified by … cultural background relative to individual heterogeneity and group-level differences in cooperation. We find that culture has a … substantial influence on the extent of cooperation, in addition to individual heterogeneity and group-level differences identified …

induces expectations of cooperation, and that people tend to obey the law if they expect many others to do so. …

whether, for only one game, there is an institution enforcing cooperation and vary also whether the institution is imposed … enhances cooperation in the other game thus documenting a positive spillover effect. These spillover effects are economically …

, the classic cooperation game. In the prisoners’ dilemma, the first best outcome is attainable, but cannot be sustained as …

groups ; punishment ; cooperation ; social norms ; norm enforcement …