I survey the literature post Ledyard (Handbook of Experimental Economics, ed. by J. Kagel,
A. Roth, Chap. 2, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1995) on three related issues in …

Among the most researched solutions to social dilemmas is communication. Since the late
1950s, it has been well known that communication enhances cooperation in social …

One lingering puzzle is why voluntary contributions to public goods decline over time in
experimental and real-world settings. We show that the decline of cooperation is driven by …

We examine experimentally the impact of communication on trust and cooperation. Our
design admits observation of promises, lies, and beliefs. The evidence is consistent with …

Game theory is central to understanding human behavior and relevant to all of the
behavioral sciences—from biology and economics, to anthropology and political science …

Research provides increasing evidence that women and men differ in their decisions to trust.
However, information systems research does not satisfactorily explain why these gender …

Understanding the proximate and ultimate sources of human cooperation is a fundamental
issue in all behavioural sciences. In this paper, we review the experimental evidence on …

With an increasing number of technologies supporting transactions over distance and
replacing traditional forms of interaction, designing for trust in mediated interactions has …

We compare three forms of communication and punishment as incentives to increase
contributions to public goods in laboratory experiments. We find, as in earlier experiments …

This framing chapter describes the strengths and limitations of the most widely used
concepts and methods in economics, ethics, and other social sciences that are relevant to …