Conditional cooperation on three continents

Kocher, Martin G.; Cherry, Todd; Kroll, Stephan; Netzer, Robert J. and Sutter, Matthias (2008): Conditional cooperation on three continents. In: Economics Letters, Vol. 101, No. 3: pp. 175-178

Abstract

We show in a public goods experiment on three continents that conditional cooperation is a universal behavioral regularity. Yet, the number of conditional cooperators and the extent of conditional cooperation are much higher in the United States than anywhere else.

• Item Type: Journal article
• Faculties: Economics; Economics > Chairs > Chair of Empirical Economics
• Subjects: 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics
• JEL Classification: C72, C91, H41
• Language: English