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. …

dual-processing and the origins of human cooperation. …

Heuristics Hypothesis (SHH) proposes that fast instinctive decision making promotes cooperation in social dilemmas. In this paper …, we conduct a novel time-pressure experiment to shed light on the cognitive underpinnings of cooperation. Although we find … finding that fast and intuitive decision making promotes cooperation. Given payoff comprehension, the SHH predicts behavior …

interaction between the observability of the cooperation of others and the absence of punishment targeted at cooperative …

temporary contract, while others are permanent members of the same team. In a laboratory experiment we analyze the cooperation …

cooperation. In between two identical public goods games, participants play a mini dictator game that, depending on the treatment …

cooperation through two mechanisms: an entry mechanism, which leads to assortative selection of interaction partners, or an exit …