receive restricted access (a lower share). In a laboratory experiment Rank-Order-VCM elicits median contributions equal to the …

cooperation flourish, and withholding punishment makes cooperation collapse. In less cooperative social environments, where … antisocial punishment has been detected, punishment was detrimental to cooperation. The success of punishment in enhancing … cooperation was explained as deterrence of free riders by cooperative strong reciprocators, who were willing to pay the cost of …

We experimentally compare the consequences for group cooperation of two decision mechanisms involving the extension of …

We report on an experiment designed to explore whether a written expression of disapproval affects future levels of … cooperation. In between two identical public goods games, participants play a mini dictator game that, depending on the treatment …

temporary group member's effort but also the efforts of the permanent group members and, ultimately, also cooperation within the …

We use an experiment to test the hypothesis that groups consisting of like-minded cooperators are able to cooperate …

We use an experiment to test the hypothesis that groups consisting of like-minded cooperators are able to cooperate …

We explore in an experiment what leads to the breakdown of partnerships. Subjects are assigned a partner and …

norms on cooperation. We find that under the signaling mechanism, less cooperative players disguise themselves in the rule …-following game, but this does not decrease cooperation overall. More importantly, the signaling mechanism has a heterogeneous effect … on cooperation in rule-following and rule-breaking groups: It increases cooperation in rule-following groups but …