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Communication and coordination in a two-stage game
Bjedov, Tjaša; Madiès, Thierry; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2015
We study the impact of communication on behavior in a two-stage coordination game with asymmetric payoffs. We test … sustain coordination over time and alleviate the inequality induced by the asymmetry of payoffs. Third, communication …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010502689
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Turf wars
Herrera, Helios; Reuben, Ernesto; Ting, Michael M. - 2014
Turf wars commonly occur in environments where competition undermines collaboration. We develop a game theoretic model and experimental test of turf wars. The model explores how team production incentives ex post affect team formation decisions ex ante. In the game, one agent decides whether to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010422047
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Equality concerns and the limits of self-governance in heterogeneous populations
Gangadharan, Lata; Nikiforakis, Nikos; Villeval, … - 2015
Mechanisms to overcome social dilemmas provide incentives to maximize efficiency. However, often – such as when agents are heterogeneous – there is a trade-off between efficiency and equality. Agents' concerns for equality in such instances can limit the ability of mechanisms to promote...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346562
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Voting as a war of attrition
Kwiek, Maksymilian; Marreiros, Helia; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2018
We study communication in committees selecting one of two alternatives when consensus is required and agents have … reached. We vary the amount of feedback and the communication protocol available to voters: complete secrecy about the pattern … of support; feedback about this support; public communication; and within-group communication. The feedback no-communication …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011872697
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Behavioral aspects of communication in organizations
Casoria, Fortuna; Riedl, Arno; Werner, Peter - 2020
This paper reviews experimental studies that investigate the effects of communication on behavior in organizational … research that tests whether communication can help to overcome coordination failure within organizations, and (b) studies that … analyze the role of communication in alleviating problems arising from information asymmetries at the workplace. The evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179136
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Agency and communication in IMF conditional lending : theory and empirical evidence
Marchesi, Silvia; Sabani, Laura; Dreher, Axel - 2009
; communication ; panel data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003817754
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Against all odds: tentative steps toward efficient information sharing in groups
Schlangenotto, Darius; Schnedler, Wendelin; Vadovič, … - 2020
When groups face difficult problems, the voice of experts may be lost in the noise of others' contributions. We present results from a 'naturally noisy' setting, a large first-year undergraduate class, in which the 'expert's voice is lost' to such a degree that it is in fact optimal for all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257743
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Ethnicity, assimilation and harassment in the labor market
Epstein, Gil S. (contributor); Gang, Ira N. (contributor) - 2008
We often observe minority ethnic groups at a disadvantage relative to the majority. Why is this and what can be done about it? Efforts made to assimilate, and time, are two elements working to bring the minority into line with the majority. A third element, the degree to which the majority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737636
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The effect of community-level socio-economic conditions on threatening racial encounters
Antecol, Heather (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper contributes to the emerging literature on racial and ethnic tension by analyzing the relationship between local socio-economic conditions and the propensity for outsiders to have threatening racial encounters with insiders. We use unique data for a sample of active-duty Army personnel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777888
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Ottoman conquests and European ecclesiastical pluralism
Iyigun, Murat (contributor) - 2006
This paper emphasizes that the evolution of religious institutions in Europe was influenced by the expansionary threat posed by the Ottoman Empire five centuries ago. This threat intensified in the second half of the 15th century and peaked in the first half of the 16th century with the Ottoman...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278952