We examine the effectiveness of three democratically chosen rules that alleviate the coordination and cooperation … framed field experiment that is based on a rangeland model for semi-arid regions and carried out with communal farmers in … limitation of livestock numbers. All rules were designed in a way that facilitated cooperation or coordination of actions. The …

We show in a public goods experiment on three continents that conditional cooperation is a universal behavioral ….S.A. than anywhere else. -- conditional cooperation ; public goods ; experiment … regularity. Yet, the number of conditional cooperators and the extent of conditional cooperation are much higher in the U …

find a large and positive effect of endogenous institutional choice on the level of cooperation in comparison to … exogenously implemented institutions. This suggests that participation rights enhance cooperation in groups. With endogenous … levels of cooperation. Our results are evaluated against the predictions of social preference models. -- public goods …

required. -- trust ; gender ; experiment ; cooperation ; ability ; stereotypes …We examine gender differences in trust in another party's cooperation (CC) or its ability (AC). While men and women do … not differ concerning trust in cooperation, gender has a strong influence when trust in another subject's ability is …

demonstrate the impact of social trust and two forms of institutional trust (confidence towards national and regional institutions … organizational commitment. In contrast, confidence towards regional institutions exerts a sustained impact on work related attitudes …