equally in groups of optimal size and there is no communication. The assignment of individuals to groups as either strangers … or partners does not significantly affect this outcome. In this paper we investigate whether communication changes these … results. Communication reduces shirking, increases aggregate effort and reduces aggregate rents, but only when communication …

resource game and then 10 additional rounds under one of five institutions: face-to-face communication, one of two external … regulations, and communication combined with one of the two regulations. The two external regulations consisted of an individual …, reciprocity and inequity aversion. The second essay, Communication and Regulation to Conserve Common Pool Resources, tests for …

We study cheap-talk communication in common pool resource environments with and without output-sharing groups …. Communication in groups of 12 does not improve efficiency over the non-cooperative Nash outcome without communication. Organizing …. Within-group communication decreases efficiency by countervailing the free-riding incentives induced by output sharing and …

equally in groups of optimal size and there is no communication. In this paper we investigate the impact of introducing … communication groups that may or may not be linked to output sharing groups. Communication reduces shirking, increases aggregate … effort and reduces aggregate rents, but only when communication groups and output-sharing groups are linked. The effect is …