theft and most groups achieve much greater efficiency in the presence of communication. Ease of identifying who has engaged … in theft varies across the two communication treatments, but is of minor importance to the outcome. We find several …

Modern communication technologies enable efficient exchange of information, but often sacrifice direct human … interaction inherent in more traditional forms of communication. This raises the question of whether the lack of personal … that self-selection into communication channels can be used to screen for dishonest people. …

This baseline report has been developed for an impact evaluation of a social and behaviour change communication (SBCC … and hygiene. The intervention builds on two components: i) interpersonal communication, consisting of the training of … community health committee members who in turn train community members; and ii) mass media communication, consisting of short …

It is well known that communication often serves as a facilitator for cooperation in static games. Yet, communication … can serve entirely different purposes in dynamic settings as communication during the game may work as a means for … investigates cooperation and non-binding communication in a two-stage game. More specifically, two treatments are considered: one …

This paper experimentally investigates free-riding behavior on communication cost in a coordination game and finds … strong indications of such free-riding. Firstly, the subjects tend to wait for others to send a message when communication is … costly, which does not happen when communication is costless. Secondly, the proportion of games where no communication takes …