We study the effects of voluntary participation on cooperation in collective action problems. Voluntary participation … may foster cooperation through an entry mechanism, which leads to assortative selection of interaction partners, or an …

cooperation in a subsequent social dilemma game. The issues we study are part of the broader topic of whether there are behavioral … cooperation for pairs of market-winners, market-losers and mixed pairs and study both the cases where interaction in the social … experience has adverse effects on the efficiency of cooperation on both market-winner and market-loser pairs. In market …

We study the coevolution of cooperation, preferences and cooperative signals in an environment where individuals engage …

We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously … findings show that pledges of commitment alone can increase cooperation and welfare in committed partnerships. The introduction … partnerships fall solely on the individual choosing to break up, pledges of commitment fail to improve cooperation and welfare. …

post announcement mechanism does not have a significant effect on the cooperation rate. However, the nudge leads to a … striking increase in the cooperation rate. We provide suggestive evidence that the nudge we use provides subjects with a focal …

In this work, we explore the role of learning dynamics and social norms in human cooperation on networks. We study the …-positioned at each game iteration. Our results show that the network structure does not affect the dynamics of cooperation, which …

factors that are known to affect cooperation levels, and in so doing replicate and extend previous empirical research on …

Previous research on cooperation has primarily focused on egalitarian interactions, overlooking a fundamental feature …-group conflict, individuals who possess high rank or power tend to show less cooperation. How, then, is cooperation achieved within … cooperation and strategies, such as punishment and gossip, to promote cooperation in social dilemmas. In two studies involving …