Many economic, political and social environments can be described as contests in which
agents exert costly effort while competing over the distribution of a scarce resource. These …

Although rational choice theory has made considerable advances in other social sciences,
its progress in sociology has been limited. Some sociologists' reservations about rational …

Gender differences in task allocations may sustain vertical gender segregation in labor
markets. We examine the allocation of a task that everyone prefers be completed by …

The main issues related to successful implementation policies concern the socio-economic
institutions that are conditional to planning in the energy policy domain, but also in the …

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 …

One conspicuous feature of several larger bird species is their annual migration in V-shaped
or echelon formation. When birds are flying in these formations, energy savings can be …

Can game theory aid in forecasting the decision making of parties in a conflict? A review of
the literature revealed diverse opinions but no empirical evidence on this question. When …

Evolutionary psychologists seek to understand prosocial behavior at four complementary
levels of analysis: psychological mechanisms, development of those mechanisms …

Humans are a very prosocial species, in that we often help others even at a cost to
ourselves. Such behavior affects—and is affected by—a person's social status. In the current …

Social control and the enforcement of social norms glue a society together. It has been
shown theoretically and empirically that informal punishment of wrongdoers fosters …