Conditional cooperation on three continents

Martin Kocher, Todd Cherry, Stephan Kroll (), Robert J. Netzer and Matthias Sutter

Economics Letters, 2008, vol. 101, issue 3, 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.

Keywords: Conditional; cooperation; Public; goods; Experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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