In principle, anything that a player can do to communicate and coordinate with other players could be described by moves in an extensive-form game, so that planning these communication moves would become part of the player's strategy choice itself. Adding a communication system does not...

In many markets, a handset vendor and a service provider may enter into a tie-in for a handset to be available exclusively through the service provider. We examine when and why a service provider and a handset vendor may find this arrangement mutually profitable. We find that an exclusive...