We use experiments to analyze what type of communication is most effective in achieving cooperation in a simple … subjects can only use a limited message space that does not allow communication of contingent strategies. When unlimited pre …-game communication is allowed, a similar initial decline in collusion reverses over time. Content analysis is used to identify multiple …

We use experiments to analyze what type of communication is most effective in achieving cooperation in a simple … collusion game. Consistent with the existing literature on communication and collusion, even minimal communication leads to a … strategies, this initial burst of collusion rapidly collapses. When unlimited pre-game communication is allowed via a chat window …

reveals that such intra-play communication after capacity but before price choices has a collusive effect only for capacity …