We test if cooperation is promoted by rank-order competition between groups in which all groups can be ranked first, i … incentives to compete are strong. -- Intergroup competition ; cooperation ; public goods ; experiment … are absent if groups perform at the same level and it therefore does not eliminate low-cooperation equilibria. We find …

We test if cooperation is promoted by rank-order competition between groups in which all groups can be ranked first, i … are absent if groups perform at the same level and it therefore does not eliminate low-cooperation equilibria. We find … that all-can-win competition produces a universal increase in cooperation and benefits a majority of individuals if …

universal increase in cooperation. Furthermore, in settings where there are strong incentives to compete, intergroup competition …

We test if cooperation is promoted by rank-order competition between groups in which all groups can be ranked first, i … that all-can-win competition produces a universal increase in cooperation and benefits a majority of individuals if the …

We explore in an experiment what leads to the breakdown of partnerships. Subjects are assigned a partner and …

We study cooperation within and between groups in the laboratory, comparing treatments in which two groups have … conflict. We model conflict using an inter-group Tullock contest, and measure its effects upon cooperation using a multi …-level public good game. We demonstrate that conflict increases cooperation within groups, while decreasing cooperation between …

We study cooperation within and between groups in the laboratory, comparing treatments in which two groups have … conflict. We model conflict using an inter-group Tullock contest, and measure its effects upon cooperation using a multi …-level public good game. We demonstrate that conflict increases cooperation within groups, while decreasing cooperation between …

voluntary cooperation in team production. Our experimental data suggest an indirect and gender-specific link: Overconfident men …

can promote cooperation through a combination of sorting and opportunistic signaling, with late period defections by … remains unclear. In each of six treatments that vary the cooperation premium and the informational basis for reputation …, that with a high cooperation premium and good information, investment in reputation grows across sets of finitely …