Since Durkheim, sociological explanations of social cooperation have emphasized the
internalization of values that induce norm compliance. Since Adam Smith, economic …

Direct reciprocity is the tendency to repay others' cooperation. This tendency can be crucial
to maintain cooperation in evolving populations. Once direct reciprocity evolves, individuals …

We examine cooperative behavior when large sums of money are at stake, using data from
the television game show Golden Balls. At the end of each episode, contestants play a …

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

Using Coleman's well-known scheme as an anchor, we review key features of explanations
of social phenomena that employ micro-macro models. Some antecedents of micro-macro …

Individuals often face dilemmas in which non-cooperation serves their self-interest and
cooperation favors society at large. Cooperation is often considered the moral choice …

Smallholder agricultural systems, strongly dependent on water resources and investments in
shared infrastructure, make a significant contribution to food security in develo** …

▪ Abstract Since mathematical sociology was firmly established in the 1960s, it has grown
tremendously. Today it has an impressive scope and deals with topical problems of social …

Despite many applications of prospect theory's concepts to explain political and strategic
phenomena, formal analyses of strategic problems using prospect theory are rare. Using …

Many interesting situations of public good provision such as a bystander's decision to help a
victim, a committee member's decision to veto, or a company's decision to develop …