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the commons games, and determine the effect of assortativity on the emergence and stability of cooperation. …Cooperation in social dilemmas plays a pivotal role in the formation of systems at all levels of complexity, from … stability of cooperation pose an evolutionary conundrum, since cooperation, though beneficial to others, is costly to the …
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revealing of identities. Using a laboratory experiment, we implement a 20% donation share that is dependent on participants … end of the experiment leads to higher contributions to the public good. Non-parametric statistics indicate that when …
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I provide a broad overview of the findings reported in the articles submitted for this special volume on experimental studies of social dilemma problems. I start by providing a synopsis of where current research stands on this topic. Then I go on to discuss the specific papers and how those...
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considered as a promising solution to resolve the social dilemma problem. However, previous research showed that cooperation …
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, the extent to which the Nash threat leads to Pareto-improving extraction levels. Through our experiment, we confirm the …
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-cooperative strategic games. Cooperation models, such as ERC and inequality aversion, yield superior predictions compared to the standard … account well for the observed fairness and cooperation in all the tested games. The impressive predictions of the theory … promoting fairness and cooperation in the discussed games is only marginal. Strikingly, the Golden Ratio, known for its …
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Paying it forward" is a behavior in which people help someone else because they were helped in the past. Although experimental evidence exists that indicates that real human beings often "pay-it-forward" even in the face of free-rider risks, the theoretical basis for the evolution of this...
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factors that are known to affect cooperation levels, and in so doing replicate and extend previous empirical research on … individual level using multiple methods, and at multiple times during the experiment. With this rich set of predictor variables …
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cooperation flourish, and withholding punishment makes cooperation collapse. In less cooperative social environments, where … antisocial punishment has been detected, punishment was detrimental to cooperation. The success of punishment in enhancing … cooperation was explained as deterrence of free riders by cooperative strong reciprocators, who were willing to pay the cost of …
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