collectively suboptimal outcomes. Communication has been found to alleviate the dilemma and stimulate cooperation in these … cooperation with the outcomes under free (unstructured) or no communication. We find that the intervention facilitating agreement … make communication effective, is still incomplete. Previous research relies on ex post methods, i.e. after conducting an …

We experimentally investigate whether the procedural history of a sanctioning institution affects cooperation in a … impact of the voting procedure, no information about the cooperation history is provided. In line with existing empirical … evidence, we observe that in the starting generation cooperation is higher (lower) with a democratically chosen (rejected …

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 … this have been questioned and discussed. This study examines the impact of communication on public good provisioning in an …

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 … this have been questioned and discussed. This study examines the impact of communication on public good provisioning in an …

cooperation is shaped by the way information about risk is presented (from description or from experience) and by differences in … lotteries with equivalent levels of risk. Cooperation rates in games vary with different levels of risk across decision … stochastic social dilemmas than in the lotteries. The findings highlight how an uncertain environment shapes cooperation and call …