important determinant of cooperation in collective action problems. This paper conceptualizes community aspirations and … investigates whether the proposed measure is associated with cooperation. The second part of the paper presents the results of a … cooperation measured using experimental and survey data. Exposure to the examples of cooperation increases cooperation, but has a …

We study the effect of group size on cooperation in voluntary contribution mechanism games. As in previous experiments … find that cooperation is highest of all in twoperson groups. The findings in the high MPCR condition are consistent with … those from n-person prisoner's dilemma and oligopoly experiments that suggest it is more difficult to sustain cooperation in …

assumption that the salience of the advantages of mutual cooperation plays a decisive role. This hypothesis is successfully …

goods and to engage in costly punishment. Thus, inherent tastes for cooperation and sanctioning help resolve the paradox of …

A novel version of a Voluntary Contribution Mechanism game tests how player cooperation responds to changes in … incentives, i.e., payoffs that depend on performance relative to different reference groups. Cooperation is greatest when players …

assumption that the salience of the advantages of mutual cooperation plays a decisive role. This hypothesis is successfully …