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The capable do more, the mediocre do nothing: an experimental study on the effect of relative performance feedback on cooperation

Published Online: 2026-03-05

Published Print: 2026-03

Authors

Wang, Yanmei https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6409-0721
Zhang, Xinyu

Si, Jingrui

Shen, Anxin
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 71872035)

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. N2406008)

the Social Sciences Planning Fundation of the Liaoning Province (Nos. L24BGL019)
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Article History

Received: 18 December 2024

Accepted: 6 February 2026

First Online: 5 March 2026

Declarations

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: The procedures used in this study adhere to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.Ethical approval was obtained from the Ethics Committee of our university.

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Participants also consented to this research study’s publication in a journal.

: There are no competing interests to declare from the authors.

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