We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods …

We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods …

We investigate whether there is a link between conditional cooperation and betrayal aversion. We use a public goods …

cooperation behavior and we provide evidence on the microfoundation of this relation. We run a large-scale public goods experiment … over the internet in Denmark using a design that enables us to disentangle preferences for cooperation from beliefs about … others cooperation. We find that the standard trust question is a proxy for cooperation preferences rather than beliefs about …

-shot public goods experiment and the joy-of-destruction experiment with pastoralists from both areas. Results from the joy …-of-destruction experiment reveal that a substantial fraction of people is willing to reduce another subject's income, although this comes at an … hence competitive pressure is higher. By contrast, levels of cooperation are very similar across areas. This indicates that …

We show in a public goods experiment on three continents that conditional cooperation is a universal behavioral ….S.A. than anywhere else. -- conditional cooperation ; public goods ; experiment … regularity. Yet, the number of conditional cooperators and the extent of conditional cooperation are much higher in the U …

find a large and positive effect of endogenous institutional choice on the level of cooperation in comparison to … exogenously implemented institutions. This suggests that participation rights enhance cooperation in groups. With endogenous … levels of cooperation. Our results are evaluated against the predictions of social preference models. -- public goods …

In this paper we experimentally investigate whether partial coercion can in combination with conditional cooperation … finding is that in our setting conditional cooperation is not a strong enough force to increase contribution levels. Although … cooperation and puts some doubt on the idea that it is crucial in overcoming social dilemma problems. -- coercion ; public goods …

a longer time horizon promotes cooperation. -- Folk theorem ; Finite horizon ; Prisoners' dilemma ; Experiment …Unlike previous attempts to implement cooperation in a prisoners' dilemma game with an infinite horizon in the … cooperation in all but the last round. Our four main experimental treatments distinguish long versus short horizon and strict …

, cooperation remains relatively high even in the later periods. Finally, we find that increasing the resistance threshold has a …