Informal exchange of information among competitors has been well-documented in a variety of industries, and one's expectation of reciprocity shown to be a key determinant. We use an indeterminate horizon centipede game to establish a feedback loop in the laboratory and show that an individual's...

We conduct a randomized controlled trial in 180 villages in Uttar Pradesh, India, to promote the adoption of a saving commitment product new to our study population. A random set of participants are targeted by our promotional campaign. We test whether the diffusion of the product among...

SMS information campaigns are increasingly used for policy. To investigate their effectiveness, we conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment to study information sharing through mobile phone messages. Subjects are rural households in Mozambique who have access to mobile money. In the base treatment,...