In this study, we estimate unadjusted and adjusted gender gap in time preference, risk attitudes, altruism, trust …, trustworthiness, cooperation and competitiveness using data on 1088 high-school students from 53 classes. These data, collected by … patience, time inconsistency and cooperation at the 5% significance level. We also show that these initial gender differences …

pillar is internalized norms of cooperation, sustained by emotions such as guilt and shame. The second pillar is the … motivation can sustain cooperation if enough people cooperate but can jeopardise social order if many others follow selfish …

choice of effort level. This setting induces a form of cooperation if at least one of the pair is an altruist but not when …

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 …

In social dilemmas, there is tension between cooperation that promotes the common good and the pursuit of individual …

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 …

Explaining the evolution and maintenance of cooperation among unrelated individuals is one of the fundamental problems … mechanism to maintain cooperation among humans. In this paper we explore the boundary conditions for altruistic punishment to … maintain cooperation by systematically varying the cost and impact of punishment, using a subject pool which extends beyond the …