-binding communication (‘cheap talk’). It is based on two key ideas: People are conditionally averse to break norms of honesty and fairness … for norms. The model explains (a) why cooperation in social dilemmas rises if players can previously announce their … communicate affect cooperation, (c) why players in sender-receiver games tend to transmit more information than a standard …

We develop a game-theoretical model of honesty and fairness to study cooperation in social dilemma games with … cooperation in simultaneous social dilemmas. In contrast, the model based on norms of honesty and fairness can. We also illustrate … communication. It is based on two key intuitions. First, players suffer a utility cost if they break norms of honesty and fairness …

This paper investigates the driving forces behind informal sanctions in cooperation games and the extent to which … theories of fairness and reciprocity capture these forces. We find that cooperators’ punishment is almost exclusively targeted … between different fairness principles. Fairness theories that are based on the assumption that players compare their own …

dynamics based on the notions of justice, social and procedural legitimacy and fairness. In particular, we put forward a …Institutions matter: they affect individual action, influence cooperation and are crucial in making the difference … its consequentialist nature. In contrast with the traditional perspective, therefore, we suggest a theory of institutional …

undesirable ones. This fundamental result is derived by integrating monetary theory with the theory of repeated games, studying …

norms. In recent years, there has been substantial progress, however, on how cooperation norms are enforced. Here we review … insights into the proximate and ultimate forces behind human cooperation. …

fairness ideas of equity regarding the contributions but not regarding the earnings. Individuals with different characteristics …