Reputation and reciprocity are key mechanisms for cooperation in human societies, often
going hand in hand to favor prosocial behavior over selfish actions. Here we review recent …

Generating creative ideas and turning them into innovations is key for competitive
advantage. However, endeavors toward creativity and innovation are bounded by …

Problems of cooperation--in which agents seek ways to jointly improve their welfare--are
ubiquitous and important. They can be found at scales ranging from our daily routines--such …

We live and cooperate in networks. However, links in networks only allow for pairwise
interactions, thus making the framework suitable for dyadic games, but not for games that …

Companies are more frequently taking public stands on often controversial social, political,
economic, and environmental issues. Despite the importance of the topic, research on …

Extensive cooperation among unrelated individuals is unique to humans, who often sacrifice
personal benefits for the common good and work together to achieve what they are unable …

This book explores the political implications of the human tendency to prioritize negative
information over positive information. Drawing on literatures in political science, psychology …

How effective are rewards (for cooperation) and punishment (for noncooperation) as tools to
promote cooperation in social dilemmas or situations when immediate self-interest and …

Punishment is a popular tool when governing commons in situations where free riders
would otherwise take over. It is well known that sanctioning systems, such as the police and …

Underlying preferences are often considered to be persistent, and are important inputs into
economic models. We first conduct an extensive review of the disparate literature studying …