emphasizing variables derived from formal decision theory. In a data set on trainee truckers in a large US company, we provide a … comparing the predictive power of measurements derived from personality theory and decision theory for several individual …. Further, decision theory and personality variables are meaningfully related. For example, we confirm that cognitive ability …

It has been shown that psychological predispositions to benefit others can motivate human cooperation and the evolution … cooperation can evolve as a costly signal of an unobservable quality that makes a person more attractive with regard to other …

renegotiation-proof. Second, it introduces parental altruism. The behavioural and policy implications are illustrated by showing the … effects of public pensions and credit rationing. These implications are not much affected by whether altruism is assumed or …

Switzerland and that entering messengers must work in performance pay firms in the U.S. We find that the erosion of cooperation …

& Grossman, 1998, 2001 or Andreoni and Vesterlund 2001, among others) have shown the relevance of gender in altruism in both … cooperation than male students. …

This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and … religious festivals other than the normal daily prayers. The overall results show no differences in cooperation or altruistic … differences in beliefs about others contributions. By and large, this indicates the importance of conditional cooperation. …

cooperation (at the very least, to a secession of hostilities) when such groups are faced with the threat of potentially stronger …

and its impact on cooperation of its members are yet not well understood. We experimentally investigate community choice …