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 about …

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 …

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. …

together rather than investing separately. We study the coordination and cooperation problems that might hinder successful … collaboration in a dynamic network setting. We develop an experiment in which coordination problems are mainly due to finding … partners for collaboration, while cooperation problems arise at the investment levels of partners who have already agreed to …