I analyze the stability of coalitions in a global emissions game when countries are heterogeneous with respect to both costs and benefits of emissions. I consider the case where countries can generate either high or low benefits from individual emissions and either have high or low costs from...

This paper shows how conflicting normative views of fair contribution rules can be used to design sequential contribution mechanisms to foster human cooperation in heterogeneous populations. Our model predicts that a sequential mechanism which solicits contributions first from wealthy actors...

Economists have been theorizing that other-regarding preferences influence decision making. Yet, what are the corresponding psychological mechanisms that inform these preferences in laboratory games? Empathy and Theory of Mind (ToM) are dispositions considered to be essential in social...