We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously … findings show that pledges of commitment alone can increase cooperation and welfare in committed partnerships. The introduction … partnerships fall solely on the individual choosing to break up, pledges of commitment fail to improve cooperation and welfare. …

Previous experiments have found a moderate, positive effect of group size on cooperation in voluntary contribution … results from n-person prisoner's dilemma and oligopoly experiments where group size has a negative effect on cooperation. In … mechanism ; cooperation ; group size …

We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously formed … findings show that pledges of commitment alone can increase cooperation and welfare in committed partnerships. The introduction … partnerships fall solely on the individual choosing to break up, pledges of commitment fail to improve cooperation and welfare. …

We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously formed … findings showthat pledges of commitment increase cooperation in committed partnerships when costs to dissolve them are shared … break up, pledges of commitment fail to improve cooperation and instead decrease cooperation. …