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The aim of this paper is to explain the relevance of the theory of indirect communication strategy and negotiating … conflict. Based on Thomas Schelling illustrates indirect communication cases: bribery and threats. It shows that both bribery … also contributes to the theory of strategic games very different from zero. Indirect communication is a fundamental basis …
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The effects of pre-play communication in a coordination game with incomplete information about players' intensity of … preferences are compared to no communication controls. Pre-play communication significantly increases subjects' payoffs and the … probability of coordination, while reducing miscoordination. This results from communication being largely informative, in …
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Consider a society where ethnic conflict is imminent due to people's belief about the state of the world. An `informed agent' is a player who has private information about the state. We analyze whether the informed agent can achieve peace by sending private messages to the players. If the...
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nodes in a communication network. However, communication through the network is noisy, which removes common knowledge about …
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action than a player with lesser damage. Furthermore, we examine cheap-talk communication equilibria with the extremist. The … not exist any other communication equilibrium for either kind of extremist, for any other combination of player types …
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We study the impact of communication on behavior in a two-stage coordination game with asymmetric payoffs. We test … sustain coordination over time and alleviate the inequality induced by the asymmetry of payoffs. Third, communication …
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nodes in a communication network. However, communication through the network is noisy, which removes common knowledge about …
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This is a game-theoretic analysis of the link between regime type and international conflict. The democratic electorate can credibly punish the leader for bad conflict outcomes, whereas the autocratic selectorate cannot. For the fear of being thrown out of office, democratic leaders are (i) more...
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Pareto inferior unraveling, the favorite may prefer to shut down communication, but this is never the case for the underdog …
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