This chapter presents some insights from basic behavioural research on the role of human pro-social motivation to … motivation can sustain cooperation if enough people cooperate but can jeopardise social order if many others follow selfish … maintain social order. I argue that social order can be conceptualized as a public good game. Past attempts to explain social …

and/or communication support altruistic cooperation to sustain the welfare of future generations. Without punishment or … punishment with communication strongly increases cooperation, showing that an effective decentralized solution to a Game of …We characterize 'Games of Altruistic Cooperation' as a class of games in which cooperation leaves the individual and …

interactions in the workplace environment may have important spillover effects on prosocial behavior outside of work. …

prosocial judges (if institutionally possible), and immediately establish a social norm of high cooperation. This norm appears … of universal cooperation because the more prosocial subjects populate the two efficient institutions first, elect … to guide subjects' cooperation and punishment choices, including the virtually complete removal of antisocial punishment …

-group behavior of Syrian refugees and Lebanese nationals in a repeated public good game without and with punishment. We find that … alleviate any economic and social pressures. …

We study how punishment influences conditional cooperation. We ask two questions: 1) how does conditional cooperation … cooperation with punishment which leads to a decrease in conditional cooperation. The power to punish means more responsibility … change if a subject can be punished and 2) how does conditional cooperation change if a subject has the power to punish …

punished. As a consequence, the existence of an opportunity for costly punishment causes a large increase in cooperation levels …This paper provides evidence that free riders are heavily punished even if punishment is costly and does not provide … because potential free riders face a credible threat. We show, in particular, that in the presence of a costly punishment …

reciprocity, and third-party punishment – emerges earliest as a means to increase cooperation in a repeated prisoner's dilemma … game. We find that third-party punishment doubles cooperation rates in comparison to a control condition. Children also …We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 to 6. In a unified experimental framework, we …

Understanding the roots of human cooperation among strangers is of great importance for solving pressing social … cooperation in a repeated prisoner’s dilemma game. We find that third-party punishment exhibits a strikingly positive effect on … cooperation rates by doubling them in comparison to a control condition. It promotes cooperative behavior even before punishment …