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We compare communication about private information to communication about actions in a one-shot 2-person public good …
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We compare communication about private information to communication about actions in a one-shot 2-person public good …
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, we only find a small and temporary effect of identification, irrespective of the type of communication. The reason for …
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We analyze communication about the social returns to investment in a public good. We model two agents who have private …, equilibrium communication features "denial" about the returns, depressing contributions. We illustrate the model in the context of …
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Transparency and accountability are often regarded as crucial for good governance and the efficient organization of public affairs. To systematically explore the impact of transparency and accountability on cooperation, we conduct a series of laboratory experiments on a variation of the public...
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We examine communication in a 2-player sequential public good game in which the leader has private information about … deciding whether or not to contribute. Without communication, the unique equilibrium is fully efficient. We study whether the … introduction of communication about returns can destroy efficiency. Communication can be precise (about the exact return), or vague …
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agents truthfully report their type. Using laboratory experiments, we observe that communication is a useful mechanism to … least one of them. However, we find that such efficiency gain seems to be very limited, since the simplest communication …
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In this note I give a full characterization of all deterministic direct mechanisms in the public good provision problem with independent private values that are dominant strategy incentive compatible, ex-post individually rational, and ex-post budget balanced.
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is one-shot. -- Public goods experiment ; computer-mediated communication ; Cheap-talk ; Cooperation …In this paper, we study a voluntary contribution mechanism with one-way communication. The relevance of one person … mutual exchange of promises is necessary for the cooperation-enhancing effect of communication, we find that, compared to a …
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