-play messages. In a laboratory experiment, we modify communication by making the sending of messages optional and costly. Even small …We study communication in a two-player coordination game with Pareto-ranked equilibria. Prior research demonstrates … that efficient coordination is difficult without communication but obtains regularly with (mandatory) costless pre …

This paper presents a laboratory experiment to measure the effect of group membership on individual behavior in …"). In stage 3, additional pre-play communication in the group is allowed before the decision and, in stage 4, the decisions … make the binding decision. -- Group decision making ; social comparison ; leadership ; communication …

-play messages. In a laboratory experiment, we introduce two realistic features of communication by making the sending of messages …We examine communication in a two-player coordination game with Pareto-ranked equilibria. Prior research demonstrates … that efficient coordination is difficult without communication but obtains regularly with (mandatory) costless pre …

We conduct an experimental analysis of selective disclosure in communication. In our model, an informed sender aims to … importance of evidence selection versus evidence concealment in communication. Our findings confirm the key qualitative … predictions of the theory, suggesting that selection, rather than concealment, is often the dominant distortion in communication …

We design a laboratory experiment to identify causal performance effects of top-down communication between managers and … their subordinates. Our focus lies on communication that resolves uncertainty about the work environment but does not … provide task-specific knowledge. Recent articles in the business press report a lack of such communication in real …

-talk communication raises efficiency in bilateral contracting situations with adverse selection. We replicate their finding and check its … robustness by introducing competition between agents. We find that communication and competition act as "substitutes …:" communication raises efficiency in the absence of competition but lowers efficiency with competition, and competition raises …