We use experimental methods to investigate whether pledges of commitment can improve cooperation in endogenously … findings show that pledges of commitment alone can increase cooperation and welfare in committed partnerships. The introduction … partnerships fall solely on the individual choosing to break up, pledges of commitment fail to improve cooperation and welfare. …

Evolution of cooperation has traditionally been studied by assuming that individuals adopt either of two pure … strategies, to cooperate or defect. Recent work has considered continuous cooperative investments, turning full cooperation and … promotes the evolution of cooperation, our investigation gives a comprehensive picture of how relatedness affects the evolution …

In this work, we explore the role of learning dynamics and social norms in human cooperation on networks. We study the …-positioned at each game iteration. Our results show that the network structure does not affect the dynamics of cooperation, which …

Evolution of cooperation by reciprocity has been studied using two-player and n-player repeated prisoner’s dilemma … cooperation when less generous, and better at maintaining a long-term cooperation in the presence of rare defectors when more …

factors that are known to affect cooperation levels, and in so doing replicate and extend previous empirical research on …