This paper examines whether and how cheap talk communication can facilitate within-group coordination when two unequal … improves coordination. To measure how much miscoordination remains, we employ a control treatment where miscoordination is …

We analyze results from two categories of experiments where the subjects received controlled signals about the sex of … their co-players. In a series of Battle of the Sexes experiments the subjects played more hawkish against women than against … men. The impact of the sex signal was most pronounced among female subjects. In the second category of experiments we …

find that members of each ethnicity show favoritism towards those of their own ethnicity in both trust and cooperation and … that communication enhances inter-ethnic cooperation significantly. We also find that Uyghur and Han subjects behave …

dilemma in which self-interest should produce a sub-optimal outcome absent sanctions for non-cooperation. We then test …

this paper, we assess whether and how corruption affects cooperation using a public good game experiment. Overall … concurrent channels lead to lower levels of cooperation. First, the punishment of low contributors decreases both at the …