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. 2024 Aug 5;19(8):e0308363. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308363

Table 3. Results from multi-level linear regressions to explain investment levels of individuals for each round.

Predictors Predicted Investment Predicted Investment (Group survived) Predicted Investment
(Group not survived)
Constant -1.663 (1.276) -0.306 (2.023) -3.188 (1.592)*
System Health 0.142 (0.031)*** 0.035 (0.049) 0.182 (0.036)***
System Health ^ 2 -0.0013 (0.0002)*** -0.001 (0.0003)* -0.002 (0.0003)***
Round 0.128 (0.039)*** 0.115 (0.043)** -0.034 (0.088)
Capacity 0.128 (0.017)*** 0.590 (0.052)*** 0.077 (0.017)***
Event costs 0.069 (0.015)*** 0.077 (0.017)*** 0.046 (0.028)
Plays Screw card 0.085 (0.027)** 0.062 (0.53) 0.100 (0.030)***
Played Screw card last round 0.041 (0.030) 0.116 (0.054)** 0.024 (0.035)
Others Played Screw cards last round -0.003 (0.015) -0.008 (0.029) 0.006 (0.017)
Fraction chat messages 1.012 (0.511)* 1.554 (0.700)* 0.755 (0.674)
Gender (Male = 1) -0.361 (0.184)* -0.423 (0.259) -0.300 (0.240)
SVO 0.017 (0.007)** 0.015 (0.009) 0.015 (0.009)
Risk Preference -0.079 (0.049) -0.105 (0.068) -0.007 (0.065)
Patience 0.004 (0.008) 0.012 (0.010) -0.0033 (0.010)
Future Thinking 0.014 (0.007) 0.001 (0.010) 0.024 (0.010)*
Difficult Decisions -2.238 (0.297)*** -2.081 (0.414)*** -1.870 (0.389)***
N 1083 547 536
Number of groups 33 11 22
-Log Likelihood 2566.804 1266.804 1241.706
Variance components
Individual level 0.581 (0.235) 0.533 (0.309) 0.453 (0.280)
Group level 6.437 (0.283) 5.796 (0.355) 5.771 (0.365)
χ 2 24.46 (p<0.001) 15.97 (p<0.001) 6.71 (p<0.01)

* p<0.05

** p< 0.01

*** p<0.001.