The paper addresses the effects of social relations on cooperation (or collusion) in organizations and communities … of the same community or by encouraging social interaction between employees--is shown to facilitate cooperation in … production: (a) because of available "Social Capital," the slack of net expected gains from cooperation in the social relations …

The paper characterizes the effects of social relations on agents' ability to sustain cooperation (or collusion) within … out to facilitate cooperation in the workplace for the following reasons: (i) there may be available "Social Capital," a … slack of net expected gains from cooperation in the social relations that can be used to discipline cooperation in …

, the less likely cooperation will be. …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused … punished, and increase their subsequent level of cooperation. The outcome is an increased level of contribution that becomes …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused … punished, and increase their subsequent level of cooperation. The outcome is an increased level of contribution that becomes …

We use skin conductance responses and self-reports of hedonic valence to study the emotional basis of cooperation and …. The application of sanctions activates a "virtuous emotional circle" that accompanies cooperation. Emotionally aroused … punished, and increase their subsequent level of cooperation. The outcome is an increased level of contribution that becomes …

of a Prisoner's Dilemma game. When time preferences are heterogeneous and bounded away from one, how "much" cooperation … can be achieved by an ongoing group? How does group cooperation vary with the group's size and structure? For an arbitrary … distribution of discount factors, we characterize the maximal average co-operation (MAC) likelihood of this game. The MAC …

of a Prisoner' Dilemma game. When time preferences are heterogeneous and bounded away from one, how "much" cooperation … can be achieved by an ongoing group? How does group cooperation vary with the group' size and structure? For an arbitrary … distribution of discount factors, we characterize the maximal average co-operation (MAC) likelihood of this game. The MAC …