social interaction effects. Testing for such effects raises severe identification problems. We conduct an experiment that …

; identification ; experiments ; coordination ; cooperation … interaction effects. We conduct a laboratory experiment that avoids the identification problem present in the field and allows us … behavior in a coordination game with multiple equilibria and a public goods game, which has only one equilibrium in material …

interaction effects. We conduct an experiment that avoids the identification problem present in the field. Our novel design …

any independent effect on cooperation in a public good game. The results show that, for given marginal incentives … contributions. Moreover, obligations per se cannot sustain cooperation over time, even if they affect the rate of decline of average … contributions. Finally, unexpected changes in the minimum contribution have asymmetric dynamic effects on the levels of cooperation …

Cooperation problems are at the heart of many everyday situations. In this paper, we propose a very simple and light …-handed mechanism to sustain cooperation and test its performance in a rich laboratory environment. The mechanism moderates cooperation … in natural settings. -- Public Good ; Behavioral Uncertainty ; Conditional Cooperation ; Information ; First Impressions …

A growing experimental literature studies the endogenous choice of institutions to solve cooperation problems arising … in prisoners' dilemmas, public goods games, and common pool resource games. Participants in these experiments have the … of institutional choice. Almost all institutions improve cooperation if they are implemented, but they are not always …

A growing experimental literature studies the endogenous choice of institutions to solve cooperation problems arising … in prisoners' dilemmas, public goods games, and common pool resource games. Participants in these experiments have the … of institutional choice. Almost all institutions improve cooperation if they are implemented, but they are not always …

computer chat. The results confirm the positive effect of identification on cooperation among individuals. For groups, however …Revealing the identities of contributors has been shown to increase cooperation in public goods games. In this paper we …, we only find a small and temporary effect of identification, irrespective of the type of communication. The reason for …

We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods …