We study the effect of group size on cooperation in voluntary contribution mechanism games. As in previous experiments … find that cooperation is highest of all in twoperson groups. The findings in the high MPCR condition are consistent with … those from n-person prisoner's dilemma and oligopoly experiments that suggest it is more difficult to sustain cooperation in …

whether the prospect of losses can induce cooperation, we let experimental subjects play the traveler's dilemma in the gain …

Development of human societies requires cooperation among unrelated individuals and obedience to social norms. Although … punishment is widely agreed to be potentially useful in fostering cooperation, many recent results in psychology and economics … eliminate its detrimental effects on cooperation. In a public goods game designed to create tension between group and individual …

concept of cooperation and explore the extent to which this intervention brings about changes in people’s voluntary … contributions to the public good and self-reported emotional responses. Our findings suggest that priming cooperation increases …

-1367), who study cooperation and punishment in sixteen subject pools from six different world cultures (as classified by … cultural background relative to individual heterogeneity and group-level differences in cooperation. We find that culture has a … substantial influence on the extent of cooperation, in addition to individual heterogeneity and group-level differences identified …

cooperation. -- uncertain enforcement ; public good game ; altruistic punishment ; decisionmaking under uncertainty ; cooperation …

Carpenter and Matthews (2009) examine the cooperation norms determining people's punishment behavior in a social … norms ; voluntary cooperation …

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 …