to the employer before a contract is offered (ex ante communication) and in which the employer can send negative or … positive feedback to the worker after the worker has chosen effort (ex post communication). The results indicate that feedback …

networks, such coordination may be very difficult to achieve and may depend on the communication technology and the network … structure. We examine how pre-play communication and clustering within networks affect coordination in a challenging … outcome in our game, but restricted communication (where subjects can only indicate their intended action) is almost entirely …

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 …

This paper examines the relationship between consanguinity and frequency of communication between spouses using a … suggest that being related to one's spouse does not influence inter-spousal communication. However, we find evidence of some … marriage characteristics that are associated with inter-spousal communication. The paper presents first empirical evidence …

Case studies of cartels and recent theory suggest that repeated communication is key for stable cooperation in … environments where signals about others' actions are noisy. However, empirically the exact role of communication is not well … understood. We study cooperation under different monitoring and communication structures in the laboratory. Under all monitoring …