We study the role of communication in collusive market sharing. In a series of Cournot oligopoly experiments with …. We find that the effect of communication on the firms' ability to collude depends on the type of information available … strategy, even if stated only once, drives this strong effect. Our results point to the types and contents of communication …

truthful communication can be promoted by the threat of ex-post disclosure, even in the absence of financial consequences. Our … doubles the incidence of truth-telling. Interestingly, the effect of ex-post disclosure on truthful communication is present …