Does self-governance, a hallmark of democratic societies, foster or erode norms of generalized cooperation? Does this … effect persist, and if so, why? I investigate these questions using a natural experiment in Switzerland. In the middle … experiment, World Values Survey, and Swiss Household Panel consistently shows that individuals from historically self …

can promote cooperation through a combination of sorting and opportunistic signaling, with late period defections by … remains unclear. In each of six treatments that vary the cooperation premium and the informational basis for reputation …, that with a high cooperation premium and good information, investment in reputation grows across sets of finitely …

emissions. Still, international cooperation on greenhouse gas emissions reductions suffers from incentives to free-ride and to …

norms on cooperation. We find that under the signaling mechanism, less cooperative players disguise themselves in the rule …-following game, but this does not decrease cooperation overall. More importantly, the signaling mechanism has a heterogeneous effect … on cooperation in rule-following and rule-breaking groups: It increases cooperation in rule-following groups but …

In repeated public good experiments, reciprocity helps to sustain high levels of cooperation. Can this be achieved by … location. This mechanism of individually targeted sanctions helps to foster initial cooperation. It decreases over time …, however. Location choices are used to reciprocate, but may not suffice to stabilize voluntary cooperation as an effect …

We conduct an artefactual field experiment to study whether the individual preferences and propensity to cooperate of …

; heterogeneous groups ; punishment ; cooperation ; social norms ; norm enforcement …

groups ; punishment ; cooperation ; social norms ; norm enforcement …