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A theory of reciprocity
Falk, Armin; Fischbacher, Urs - 2001
This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by the intention underlying this action. The theory...
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A description-experience gap in social interactions : information about interdependence and its effects on cooperation
Martin, Jolie M.; Gonzalez, Cleotilde; Juvina, Ion; … - In: Journal of behavioral decision making 27 (2014) 4, pp. 349-362
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Cooperation or competition? : a field experiment on non-monetary learning incentives
Bigoni, Maria; Fort, Margherita; Nardotto, Mattia; … - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 15 (2015) 4, pp. 1753-1792
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Alleviation and sanctions in social dilemma games
Drouvelis, Michalis - In: Games 6 (2015) 3, pp. 368-380
This paper reports an experiment which compares behaviour in two punishment regimes: (i) a standard public goods game with punishment in which subjects are given the opportunity to punish other group members (democratic punishment regime) and (ii) a public goods game environment where all group...
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Social context and the dynamics of cooperative choice
Rand, David G.; Newman, George E.; Wurzbacher, Owen M. - In: Journal of behavioral decision making 28 (2015) 2, pp. 159-166
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When do punishment institutions work?
Aquino, Patrick; Gazzale, Robert S.; Jacobson, Sarah - 2015
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Competitive centipede games : zero-end payoffs and payoff inequality deter reciprocal cooperation
Krockow, Eva M.; Pulford, Briony D.; Colman, Andrew M. - In: Games 6 (2015) 3, pp. 262-272
Reciprocal cooperation can be studied in the Centipede game, in which two players alternate in choosing between a … investigated cooperation in four Centipede games differing in their payoffs at the game's end (positive versus zero) and payoff … high payoff inequality were found to reduce cooperation significantly. Contrary to previous predictions, combining these …
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How universal is behavior?
Brandts, Jordi; Saijō, Tatsuyoshi; Schram, Arthur - 2002
This paper studies behavior in experiments with a linear voluntary contributions mechanism for public goods conducted in Japan, the Netherlands, Spain and the USA. The same experimental design was used in the four countries. Our 'contribution function' design allows us to obtain a view of...
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Cooperation in small groups : the effect of group size
Nosenzo, Daniele; Quercia, Simone; Sefton, Martin - 2013 - Revised version of 2012-17, This version: 29 July 2013
We study the effect of group size on cooperation in voluntary contribution mechanism games. As in previous experiments … find that cooperation is highest of all in twoperson groups. The findings in the high MPCR condition are consistent with … those from n-person prisoner's dilemma and oligopoly experiments that suggest it is more difficult to sustain cooperation in …
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Salience and cooperation among rational egoists
Fabella, Raul V. - 2013
cooperation is best reply to itself. We give the condition for the existence of the Ostrom threshold in the Nederlander …-Prisoner's Dilemma Game. For high enough cost of failure, cooperation among rational egoists is sustained. The Ostrom threshold first …
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