-known commitment problem by introducing communication. Allowing the upstream firm to chat privately with each downstream firm reduces … total offered quantity from near the Cournot level (observed in the absence of communication) halfway toward the monopoly … bargaining advantage from open communication that all of the gains from monopolizing the market accrue to them. A simple …

Communication has been regarded as one of the most effective devices in promoting team cooperation. But asymmetric … communication sometimes breeds collusion and is detrimental to team efficiency. Here, we present experimental evidence showing that … excluding one member from team communication hurts team cooperation: the communicating partners collude in profit allocation …

We investigate how heterogeneous social preferences affect the communication of painful information in social …