Transparency in teams can induce cooperation. We study contribution decisions by agents when previous decisions can be … observed. We find that an information chain, in which each agent directly observes only the decision of her immediate …. In a comparable social dilemma, the information chain leads to high cooperation both when compared to a non …

Transparency in teams can facilitate cooperation. We study contribution decisions by agents when previous decisions can … be observed. We find that an information chain, in which each agent directly observes only the decision of her immediate …. In a comparable social dilemma, the information chain leads to high cooperation both in early movers when compared to a …

, information chains induce higher cooperation in early movers compared to a no-transparency treatment and in late movers compared … to a full-transparency treatment. Thus, partial information can be used to balance the positive and negative effects of … two effects of increased transparency: on the one hand, early movers are more likely to cooperate in order to encourage …

; externality ; information ; transparency ; conditional cooperation …Transparency in teams can induce cooperation. We study contribution decisions by agents when previous decisions can be … observed. We find that an information chain, in which each agent directly observes only the decision of her immediate …