This paper studies public goods provision in an experiment in which contributors repeatedly interact with rent …-extraction and cooperation shocks trigger short-run adjustments in the agents' behaviour. However, shocks do not have permanent … effects. This explains the long-run resilience of cooperation to rent extraction. We also show that cooperative attitudes and …

goods experiment and a joy-of-destruction experiment with pastoralists from both areas. Results from the joy …-of-destruction experiment reveal that a substantial proportion of people are willing to reduce another subject's income, although this comes at … scarcer and hence competitive pressure is higher. By contrast, levels of cooperation are very similar across areas. This …

The effects of stake size on cooperation and punishment are investigated using a public goods experiment. We find that … an increase in stake size does neither significantly affect cooperation nor, interestingly, the level of punishment. …

In this experiment, we endogenize the choice of which contribution scheme is implemented in a public goods game. We …

aggression. In this lab experiment, we find that adopting an objective attitude (Objective), through a form of emotion regulation …

aggression. In this lab experiment, we find that adopting an objective attitude (objective), through a form of emotion regulation …

and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce …

and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce …

A growing experimental literature studies the endogenous choice of institutions to solve cooperation problems arising … of institutional choice. Almost all institutions improve cooperation if they are implemented, but they are not always … identified as important determinants of institutional choice. Cooperation tends to be higher under endogenously chosen …