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

Explicit and implicit incentives and opportunities for mutually beneficial voluntary cooperation co-exist in many … crowding out of voluntary cooperation even after incentives have been abolished. This crowding out occurs also in repeated … voluntary cooperation while exposed to incentives. Overall, our findings show that the behavioral consequences of explicit …

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 …