evidence is consistent with the hypothesis that foreign-owned firms would prefer to use corporate social responsibility (CSR …

poverty damages the ability to exercise self-control. Our theory invokes George Ainslie's notion of "personal rules …

We develop an informational theory of dictatorship. Dictators survive not because of their use of force or ideology but …

A novel experiment is used to show that the effect of a policy on the level of cooperation is greater when it is chosen …

We study the evolution of the social norm of "cooperation" in a dynamic environment. Each agent lives for two periods … completely drives equilibrium play, leading to a social norm of high or low cooperation. In intermediate cases, the impact of … leverage their greater visibility to influence expectations of future agents and overturn social norms of low cooperation. We …

types can be exploited to enhance cooperation by structuring the twice-played prisoners' dilemma to “start small,” so that …

We develop theory and a tightly-linked field experiment to explore the supply side implications of corporate social … responsibility (CSR). Our natural field experiment, in which we created our own firm and hired actual workers, generates a rich data …

quantify the theory, we bring together patent data, survey data on environmental values, and competition measures. Using a …

We study a model in which corporate social responsibility (CSR) arises as a response to inefficient regulation. In our …