We examine the effectiveness of three democratically chosen rules that alleviate the coordination and cooperation … limitation of livestock numbers. All rules were designed in a way that facilitated cooperation or coordination of actions. The … not sufficient for high rule compliance and an overall enhancement in cooperation. Rules turned out to be inefficient if …

hence competitive pressure is higher. By contrast, levels of cooperation are very similar across areas. This indicates that … scarcity does not hamper cooperation, at least as long as a sub-survival level has not been reached. Our data further reveal a … "falling behind" is particularly salient. -- competition ; natural resource scarcity ; antisocial behaviour ; cooperation …

find a large and positive effect of endogenous institutional choice on the level of cooperation in comparison to … exogenously implemented institutions. This suggests that participation rights enhance cooperation in groups. With endogenous … levels of cooperation. Our results are evaluated against the predictions of social preference models. -- public goods …

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 …