This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and … altruistic punishment by using public goods experiments. We conducted the experiments in Turkey at different points in time; one … religious festivals other than the normal daily prayers. The overall results show no differences in cooperation or altruistic …

cooperation behavior and we provide evidence on the microfoundation of this relation. We run a large-scale public goods experiment … over the internet in Denmark using a design that enables us to disentangle preferences for cooperation from beliefs about … others’ cooperation. We find that the standard trust question is a proxy for cooperation preferences rather than beliefs …

heterogeneous samples at low cost. We validate such survey measures in an incentivized public good experiment and show that they are … importantly related to cooperation behavior in a large and heterogeneous sample. We provide evidence on the microfoundation of … this relation by use of an experimental design that enables us to disentangle preferences for cooperation from beliefs …

provide sanctioning institutions that effectively raise cooperation. The effectiveness of the institution, however, depends on …

cooperation behavior and we provide a microfoundation for this relation. We run a large-scale public goods experiment over the … internet in Denmark and find that the trust question is a proxy for cooperation preferences rather than beliefs about others …’ cooperation. To disentangle the preference and belief channels, we run a (standard) public goods game in which beliefs matter for …

punishment in a public goods experiment. We find significantly higher cooperation levels outside the festival among less …This paper examines how a religious festival (Ramadan) and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and costly …