Theory of mind and individual preferences are important determinants in social decision making. The current study …. Furthermore, by testing adolescents and adults, we examined the impact of age on this relation. Theory of mind is measured in a … behavior than adults indicating ongoing development of theory of mind in adolescence …

Theory of mind and individual preferences are important determinants in social decision making. The current study …. Furthermore, by testing adolescents and adults, we examined the impact of age on this relation. Theory of mind is measured in a … behavior than adults indicating ongoing development of theory of mind in adolescence. …

Cooperation problems are at the heart of many everyday situations. In this paper, we propose a very simple and light …-handed mechanism to sustain cooperation and test its performance in a rich laboratory environment. The mechanism moderates cooperation … in natural settings. -- Public Good ; Behavioral Uncertainty ; Conditional Cooperation ; Information ; First Impressions …

Ostracism is practiced by virtually all societies around the world as a means of enforcing cooperation and excluding … contributors are excluded but also because high contributors sustain a higher cooperation level under the exclusion institution … institution is implemented. These results are largely inconsistent with standard economic theory but can be better explained by …

identity between the leader and her followers is beneficial for cooperation: average contributions are more than 30% higher … identities. We find no effect on cooperation when only part of the followers share the leader's identity, or when followers share … instrument to promote cooperation. …

-person gift-exchange experiment we find causal evidence for peer effects in voluntary cooperation: agents' efforts are positively …