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

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 …

This paper develops a framework for estimating preferences in two-sided matching markets with non-transferable utility … with many-to-one matching. These methods allow me to investigate two issues concerning the centralized market for medical … increasing the number of residents training in rural areas while accounting for general equilibrium effects from the matching …

and reduces matching efficiency: average unemployment duration rises by 13% for the most productive workers after …

-stakes setting. The estimates reject extant models of giving, but are consistent with the new theory …