While folk theorems for dynamic renewable common pool resource games sustain cooperation as an equilibrium, the …

This paper presents a formal theory of reciprocity. Reciprocity means that people reward kind actions and punish unkind … ones. The theory takes into account that people evaluate the kindness of an action not only by its consequences but also by … the intention underlying this action. The theory explains the relevant stylized facts of a wide range of experimental …

from one continuation probability to the other. When switching from large to small, transient higher levels of cooperation … are observed in the early games of the small continuation set. Conversely, when switching from small to large, cooperation … probabilities. These asymmetries suggest a bias in favor of cooperation. Finally, we examine the link between altruism and RPD play …

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

We report on an experiment designed to explore whether a written expression of disapproval affects future levels of … cooperation. In between two identical public goods games, participants play a mini dictator game that, depending on the treatment …

tendency to be influenced by and conform with peers domain-general? In an online experiment (N = 815), we studied peer effects … in honesty and cooperation and tested the individual-level links between these two moral domains. Participants completed … both honesty and cooperation tasks after observing their peers. Consistent with the literature, separate analysis of the …

tendency to be influenced by and conform with peers domain-general? In an online experiment (N = 815), we studied peer effects … in honesty and cooperation and tested the individual-level links between these two moral domains. Participants completed … both honesty and cooperation tasks after observing their peers. Consistent with the literature, separate analysis of the …

We use an experiment to test the hypothesis that groups consisting of like-minded cooperators are able to cooperate …