We test if cooperation is promoted by rank-order competition between groups in which all groups can be ranked first, i … are absent if groups perform at the same level and it therefore does not eliminate low-cooperation equilibria. We find … that all-can-win competition produces a universal increase in cooperation and benefits a majority of individuals if …

. Cooperation in such games can be sustained as aNash equilibrium. Besides the efficient cooperative equilibrium there is alsothe … inefficient non-cooperative equilibrium. This paper investigatesexperimentally whether cooperation actually occurs in a simple …

This paper investigates the driving forces behind informal sanctions in cooperation games and the extent to which …

While there is an extensive literature on the theory of in finitely repeated games, empirical evidence on how “the … higher the levels of cooperation. We compare the behavior from these in finitely repeated games with behavior from finitely … repeated games of the same expected length and we find that there is more cooperation in the in finitely repeated games …

We study the stability of voluntary cooperation in response to varying group growth rates. Using a laboratory public … cooperation. We then study the effect of exogenously varying growth rates on cooperation. Slow growth yields higher cooperation …-reinforcing beliefs persisting under slower growth. Allowing incumbent group members to select growth rates also sustains high cooperation …

experimentprompted by Weimann's (1994) result, from adeceptive design, that subjects are more sensitive to free-ridingthan cooperation on …

Precedents can facilitate successful coordination within groups by reducing strategic uncertainty, but they may lead to … coordination failure when two groups with diverging precedents have to interact. This paper describes an experiment to explore how … such coordination failure can be mitigated and whether subjects are aware of it. In an initial phase, groups were able to …

with repeated interaction. Cooperation in the empty list is high in early periods, but is decreasing. In the full list …, cooperation starts low, but is actually increasing, surpassing cooperation in the empty list treatment in later periods. Two … factors, diffusion of responsibility and unraveling of cooperation seem to drive the results. …

This paper examines whether and how cheap talk communication can facilitate within-group coordination when two unequal … improves coordination. To measure how much miscoordination remains, we employ a control treatment where miscoordination is …