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We study the stability of voluntary cooperation in response to varying rates at which a group grows. Using a laboratory public-good game with voluntary contributions and economies of scale, we construct a situation in which expanding a group's size yields potential efficiency gains, but only if...
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We study the stability of voluntary cooperation in response to varying group growth rates. Using a laboratory public-good game, we construct a situation where increasing group size yields potential efficiency gains, but only with sustained cooperation. We then study the effect of exogenously...
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-social acts? In a laboratory experiment, we find that third parties punish reluctantly: they state a preference to punish, but …
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they govern only a subset of all socially desirable acts. We use a laboratory experiment to study how the presence and …
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they govern only a subset of all socially desirable acts. We use a laboratory experiment to study how the presence and …
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We study the stability of voluntary cooperation in response to varying group growth rates. Using a laboratory public-good game, we construct a situation where increasing group size yields potential efficiency gains, but only with sustained cooperation. We then study the effect of exogenously...
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preferences requires an improved understanding. We conduct an experiment in which individuals in small laboratory "societies …
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