We use data on response times from a public goods experiment to test the hypothesis that cooperation is instinctive … hypothesis that cooperation is instinctive, while defection is ‘rational’. Moreover, as the experiment is designed also to assess … the effects of the consumption of relational goods on cooperation, we are also able to state that some types of relational …

scarcer and hence competitive pressure is higher. By contrast, levels of cooperation are very similar across areas. This … indicates that scarcity does not hamper cooperation, at least as long as a subsurvival level has not been exceeded. Our data …

Cooperation problems are at the heart of many everyday situations. In this paper, we propose a very simple and light …-handed mechanism to sustain cooperation and test its performance in a rich laboratory environment. The mechanism moderates cooperation … in natural settings. -- Public Good ; Behavioral Uncertainty ; Conditional Cooperation ; Information ; First Impressions …

, and explains the degree of cooperation by a combination of five motives: the size of gains from cooperation, expectations …

We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods …

We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods …

We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods …

hence competitive pressure is higher. By contrast, levels of cooperation are very similar across areas. This indicates that … scarcity does not hamper cooperation, at least as long as a sub-survival level has not been reached. Our data further reveal a … "falling behind" is particularly salient. -- competition ; natural resource scarcity ; antisocial behaviour ; cooperation …

In this paper we experimentally investigate whether partial coercion can in combination with conditional cooperation … finding is that in our setting conditional cooperation is not a strong enough force to increase contribution levels. Although … cooperation and puts some doubt on the idea that it is crucial in overcoming social dilemma problems. -- coercion ; public goods …

In this paper we experimentally investigate whether partial coercion can in combination with conditional cooperation … finding is that in our setting conditional cooperation is not a strong enough force to increase contribution levels. Although … cooperation and puts some doubt on the idea that it is crucial in overcoming social dilemma problems …