depends on both the individual and the context. For example, non-zero-sum cooperation (e.g. in social dilemmas like the … favor social dilemma cooperation regardless of gender, but only favor DG giving among women. Here I present meta …-analytic evidence in support of this prediction. In 31 studies examining social dilemma cooperation (N=13,447), I find that promoting …

Until recently, theorists considering the evolution of human cooperation have paid little attention to institutional … maximize compliance? We investigate this question by modeling the co-evolution of law and cooperation in a public goods game …' updating of their contribution strategy and observe the effect on Citizen cooperation. We find that when States have unlimited …

Under what conditions can cooperation be sustained in a network of strangers? Here we study the role of institutions … possible, including full intertemporal cooperation supported by a social norm based on community punishment of defectors. We … coordination on intertemporal cooperation in ways that networks of strangers were unable to achieve through social norms. …

There are many situations where the best outcome is reached through co-operation and co-ordination of agents’ actions … this failure may be lack of information about the gains from co-operation, or lack of capacity to implement the co …-operative strategy. The present work focuses on two obstacles to co-operation that are linked with the incentives of the economic agents …