reasons such as group polarization. This paper experimentally compares cooperation behaviors between pairs and individuals in … suggest that the enhanced cooperation behavior of pairs may be driven by (a) the mere fact that they have partners when they … partners in their pairs, and (c) stronger conditional cooperation behavior of pairs to their matched pairs. …

formation of within-group cooperation is affected by different types and degrees of between-group interactions. We show that … when between-group interactions are of the same directions and weak (strong), within-group cooperation for providing public … the opposite directions or unidirectional, within-group cooperation will necessarily occur. In addition, endogenous …

simultaneous social dilemmas. The divided-loyalty hypothesis, from organizational theory, predicts that cooperation will decline as … individuals experience multiple social dilemmas with different compared to the same group members. The conditional-cooperation … hypothesis, from behavioral economics, predicts that cooperation will increase as individuals experience multiple social dilemmas …

competition (lottery contest) and one that encourages cooperation (public good game). We find that simultaneous participation in … strategic uncertainty and path-dependence across games. Our design allows us to compare preferences for cooperation and …

While folk theorems for dynamic renewable common pool resource games sustain cooperation as an equilibrium, the …

This paper investigates how punishment promotes cooperation when the punishment enforcer is a third party independent … of the implicated parties who propose the punishment. In a prisoner's dilemma experiment, we find an independent third … implicated parties are allowed to punish each other, both the cooperation rate and the earnings are lower when the enforcement of …

’s decisions open to others may enhance cooperation in these situations. But it is still unknown whether people can successfully …. We deal with this question using an experimental laboratory. Our experiment shows that a non-negligible fraction of … all show their identities and successfully achieve cooperation with their partners if a small explicit cost is charged for …

study the impact of non-deterrent formal sanctions on voluntary contributions to a public good in a laboratory experiment …