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with repeated interaction. Cooperation in the empty list is high in early periods, but is decreasing. In the full list …, cooperation starts low, but is actually increasing, surpassing cooperation in the empty list treatment in later periods. Two … factors, diffusion of responsibility and unraveling of cooperation seem to drive the results. …
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A growing body of literature in experimental economics examines how cognitive ability affects cooperation in social … different continuation probability under two conditions: whether cooperation can be sustained as risk dominance or not. We asked … that participants with greater cognitive abilities cooperated more (less) when cooperation could (not) be sustained as risk …
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In this paper we show experimentally that conditional cooperation, a phenomenon described in the private provision of … determines if they overcome a rival group. This environment allows us to identify new determinants of conditional cooperation. We … observe conditional cooperation in successful groups and in groups where members contribute more than rivals (even if they …
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simultaneous social dilemmas. The divided-loyalty hypothesis, from organizational theory, predicts that cooperation will decline as … individuals experience multiple social dilemmas with different compared to the same group members. The conditional-cooperation … hypothesis, from behavioral economics, predicts that cooperation will increase as individuals experience multiple social dilemmas …
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games. We use it to measure the effect of inequality on cooperation. This method allows an investigation of a large panel of … inequality. We find that not only the presence, but also the strength of inequality has a negative impact on cooperation, but … cooperation, but has contrasted effects on the contribution gaps between the rich and the poor. There is no significant effect of …
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together rather than investing separately. We study the coordination and cooperation problems that might hinder successful … how much their partners invest. Moreover, subjects deal better with the coordination and cooperation problems as they gain … collaboration in a dynamic network setting. We develop an experiment in which coordination problems are mainly due to finding …
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cooperation), especially for Partners. These results suggest Take framing and Individual-level feedback increase the variability … of cooperation. …
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Heuristics Hypothesis (SHH) proposes that fast instinctive decision making promotes cooperation in social dilemmas. In this paper …, we conduct a novel time-pressure experiment to shed light on the cognitive underpinnings of cooperation. Although we find … finding that fast and intuitive decision making promotes cooperation. Given payoff comprehension, the SHH predicts behavior …
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cooperation. In between two identical public goods games, participants play a mini dictator game that, depending on the treatment …
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We study cooperation within and between groups in the laboratory, comparing treatments in which two groups have … conflict. We model conflict using an inter-group Tullock contest, and measure its effects upon cooperation using a multi …-level public good game. We demonstrate that conflict increases cooperation within groups, while decreasing cooperation between …
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