While the public good experiment has been used to analyze cooperation among various groups in Western Europe and North … Turkish university students informally self govern. By employing the public good experiment among a cohort of students … altruistic punishment, to antisocial punishment, and ultimately to enhanced cooperation in Turkish society. …

punishment costs. The negative effect of altruism on cooperation and material payoffs is greater the stronger is the reciprocity … when group members have opportunities to punish low contributors. Cooperation may also be supported if individuals are … embodying both reciprocity and altruism we show that unconditional altruism towards other members attenuates the punishment …

It is well known that communication often serves as a facilitator for cooperation in static games. Yet, communication … investigates cooperation and non-binding communication in a two-stage game. More specifically, two treatments are considered: one …-play communication only has a significant impact on cooperation when no intra-play communication is possible. The results suggest that …

We investigate how group boundaries, and the economic environment surrounding groups, affect altruistic cooperation and … harm those who defect, encouraging a norm of cooperation towards the group. Adding competition between groups causes even … stronger in-group cooperation, but also a qualitative change in punishment: punishment becomes anti-social, harming cooperative …

This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and … religious festivals other than the normal daily prayers. The overall results show no differences in cooperation or altruistic … differences in beliefs about others contributions. By and large, this indicates the importance of conditional cooperation. …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and …. The application of sanctions activates a virtuous emotional circle that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused … punished, and increase their subsequent level of cooperation. The outcome is an increased level of contribution that becomes …

individuals to adopt behaviour deemed as socially acceptable. Yet, our experiment shows that a sanctioning system cannot promote … cooperation. …

representative behavioral data from a social dilemma experiment. We identify which survey questions intended to elicit people's trust … correlate well with behaviorally exhibited trust in the experiment. People above the age of 65, highly skilled workers and …