different amounts of competition on-the-job and that these differences explain differences in cooperation in our experiment …. Specifically, fishermen and traders, who interact in more competitive environments are significantly less cooperative than the coop …, perceptions of competition faced on-the-job and the treatment effect of job incentives explain these differences in cooperation to …

Building upon some education studies finding that cooperative behaviour in class yields better achievements among … students, this paper presents a simple model showing that free riding incentives lead to an insufficient degree of cooperation … between schoolmates, which in turn decreases the overall achievement. A cooperative learning approach may instead emerge when …

This paper examines the role of other-regarding and time preferences for cooperation in the field. We study the … cooperative and more patient individuals should be less likely to exploit the CPR. Our data supports this prediction because … fishermen who exhibit a higher propensity for cooperation in a laboratory public goods experiment, and those who show more …

We test if cooperation is promoted by rank-order competition between groups in which all groups can be ranked first, i … are absent if groups perform at the same level and it therefore does not eliminate low-cooperation equilibria. We find … that all-can-win competition produces a universal increase in cooperation and benefits a majority of individuals if …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and …. The application of sanctions activates a virtuous emotional circle that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused … punished, and increase their subsequent level of cooperation. The outcome is an increased level of contribution that becomes …

We empirically investigate the impact of incentive scheme structure on the degree of cooperation in firms using a … intensity of team incentives and several survey measures of cooperation. Moreover, higher powered team incentives are associated …

This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and … religious festivals other than the normal daily prayers. The overall results show no differences in cooperation or altruistic … change their cooperative behaviour in response to religious festivals. Most of the differences can, however, be explained by …

economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … situation. Experimental results show that the competitive scheme fosters cooperation. Competition is popular, but the electoral …

countries. In the UK, the scheme designers favoured collective performance pay with the aim to foster cooperation across offices … assess whether rewarding collective performance necessarily promotes cooperation. We show that such team structure creates …