This paper examines the supernatural punishment theory. The theory postulates that religion increases cooperation … whether they are religious or not, we study whether religiosity has an effect on voluntary cooperation in the public goods …

Convergent evidence for detrimental effects of punishment on cooperation has been obtained in a wide variety of … detrimental effects. In a public goods game, privately implemented punishment reduces cooperation in relation to a baseline …, cooperation is sustained at significantly higher rates than in both baseline and private punishment treatments. Our data provide …

Development of human societies requires cooperation among unrelated individuals and obedience to social norms. Although … punishment is widely agreed to be potentially useful in fostering cooperation, many recent results in psychology and economics … eliminate its detrimental effects on cooperation. In a public goods game designed to create tension between group and individual …

The authors identify three challenges to global cooperation and propose three solutions. The first is the lack of … to ground policies on behavioural evidence, and to increase cooperation between academic institutions active in this … national or religious lines, hinders global cooperation. Alternative narratives should be produced within a transformative …

if every small contribution helps? In this paper we investigate whether cooperation in social dilemmas can be increased … by structuring the problem as a step-level social dilemma rather than a linear social dilemma and whether cooperation can …’ games, we found that that individuals defect less and are better able to minimize collective and personal costs in a step …

use nudges to "supercharge" incentives. We summarize insight that has emerged from both camps in the areas of conflict/cooperation …

Development of human societies requires cooperation among unrelated individuals and obedience to social norms. Although … punishment is widely agreed to be potentially useful in fostering cooperation, many recent results in psychology and economics … eliminate its detrimental effects on cooperation. In a public goods game designed to create tension between group and individual …