goods provision - the quick emergence of a widely accepted social cooperation norm that demands high contributions but - in … consensus as well as the high cooperation demands required by the norm break down. However, when peer punishment is possible … cooperation and welfare - the opportunity to form a social norm unambiguously causes high public good contributions and group …

collectively suboptimal outcomes. Communication has been found to alleviate the dilemma and stimulate cooperation in these … in a more controlled way. Based on the findings of previous studies, we identify four cooperation-enhancing elements of … cooperation with the outcomes under free (unstructured) or no communication. We find that the intervention facilitating agreement …

collectively suboptimal outcomes. Communication has been found to alleviate the dilemma and stimulate cooperation in these … findings of previous studies, we identify four cooperation-enhancing elements of communication: (i) problem awareness, (ii … interventions representing these components and contrast the resulting levels of cooperation with the outcomes under free …

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 …

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 …

Communication is well known to increase cooperation rates in social dilemma situations, but the exact mechanisms behind … experimental findings, we observe a strong increase in cooperation when face-to-face communication is allowed before decision … to higher cooperation rates, albeit not as high as in the condition in which discussions about the social dilemma are …