I review the theoretical and experimental literature on the collective action problem in groups
whose members differ in various characteristics affecting individual costs, benefits and …

This paper highlights the enormous economic and social impact of COVID-19 with respect to
articles that have either prognosticated such a large-scale event, and its economic …

Rapidly growing numbers of empirical papers assessing the financial effects of COVID-19
pandemic triggered an urgent need for a study summarising the existing knowledge of …

Impersonal cooperation among strangers enables societies to create valuable public goods,
such as infrastructure, public services, and democracy. Several factors have been proposed …

One landmark application of evolutionary game theory is the study of social dilemmas. This
literature explores why people cooperate even when there are strong incentives to defect …

The idea that strong situations restrict variance in behaviors has been treated as a maxim in
psychology. Prior work has, however, offered inconclusive support for this proposition. We …

The tension between individual and collective interests and the provision of sanctioning
mechanisms have been identified as important building blocks of a theory of norm …

Norms can promote human cooperation to provide public goods. Yet, the potential of norms
to promote cooperation may be limited to homogeneous groups in which all members …

To enhance competitiveness and protect interest, an increasing number of organizations
cooperate on patent applications. Partner selection has attracted much more attention …

We perform a laboratory test of Pledge-and-Review bargaining, implementing a simplified
version of the model analysed in Harstad (2021a). In theory, this institution should increase …