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 …

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 … differences in beliefs about others contributions. By and large, this indicates the importance of conditional cooperation. …

students, this paper presents a simple model showing that free riding incentives lead to an insufficient degree of cooperation …

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 …

The demographic history of the Jews in the Middle Ages may be characterized by two main phenomena: i) a sharp drop in … incentives to switch affiliation and/or location in a dual environment, where potential gains from in-group cooperation for the …

aftermath of major wars. Motivated by this fact, we offer a theory of political transitions which focuses on the impact of … through the extension of franchise. This is because democracy always implements a highly redistributive fiscal policy, which … makes fighting hard incentive-compatible for the citizens-soldiers. We show that a transition to democracy is more likely to …

different amounts of competition on-the-job and that these differences explain differences in cooperation in our experiment … on a field experiment conducted with workers from a fishing community in Toyama Bay, Japan. Our participants are employed …, perceptions of competition faced on-the-job and the treatment effect of job incentives explain these differences in cooperation to …

fishermen who exhibit a higher propensity for cooperation in a laboratory public goods experiment, and those who show more …This paper examines the role of other-regarding and time preferences for cooperation in the field. We study the … reduce the current and the future yield for both others and themselves. Accordingly, economic theory predicts that more …

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 …