contributions assuming imperfect conditional cooperation by others, and that they have some degree of bounded rationality. We show …

The provision of public goods often relies on voluntary contributions and cooperation. While most of the experimental …

different benefits from cooperation. Although almost all heterogeneous groups agree to follow specific contribution rules with …

We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously formed … findings show that pledges of commitment increase cooperation in committed partnerships when costs to dissolve them are shared … break up, pledges of commitment fail to improve cooperation and instead decrease cooperation. …

We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously formed … findings show that pledges of commitment alone can increase cooperation and welfare in committed partnerships. The introduction … partnerships fall solely on the individual choosing to break up, pledges of commitment fail to improve cooperation and welfare. …

, contributions show a continual decay, while in the partnerscondition, contributions fluctuate on ahigh level until they decrease in …

interaction between the observability of the cooperation of others and the absence of punishment targeted at cooperative …

A growing experimental literature studies the endogenous choice of institutions to solve cooperation problems arising … of institutional choice. Almost all institutions improve cooperation if they are implemented, but they are not always … identified as important determinants of institutional choice. Cooperation tends to be higher under endogenously chosen …