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How to talk to multiple audiences
Goltsman, Maria (contributor); Pavlov, Gregory (contributor) - 2008
We analyze the performance of various communication protocols in a generalization of the Crawford-Sobel (1982) model of … possible that informative communication with one or both receivers is impossible in private, but possible in public. When the … by public communication with the flexibility provided by private communication and transmit more information to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003772300
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Divide and conquer : noisy communication in networks, power, and wealth distribution
Pérez Oviedo, Wilson - 2004
nodes in a communication network. However, communication through the network is noisy, which removes common knowledge about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600156
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Communication and coordination in a two-stage game
Bjedov, Tjaša; Madiès, Thierry; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2015
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010502689
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Cognitive empathy in conflict situations
Gauer, Florian; Kuzmics, Christoph - 2016
Two individuals are involved in a conflict situation in which preferences are ex ante uncertain. While they eventually learn their own preferences, they have to pay a small cost if they want to learn their opponent's preferences. We show that, for sufficiently small positive costs of information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412685
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The rise of NGO activism
Daubanes, Julien; Rochet, Jean-Charles - 2016 - This version: April, 2016
Activist NGOs increasingly oppose industrial projects that have nevertheless been approved by public regulators. To understand this recent rise in NGO activism, we develop a theory of optimal regulation in which a regulated industry seeks to undertake a project that may be harmful to society. On...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474646
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Why have M&A contracts grown? : evidence from twenty years of deals
Coates, John C. - 2016 - This draft: October 28, 2016
Over 20 years, M&A contracts have more than doubled in size – from 35 to 88 single-spaced pages in this paper's font. They have also grown significantly in linguistic complexity – from post-graduate “grade 20” to post-doctoral “grade 30”. A substantial portion (lower bound ~20%) of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011582006
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Turf wars
Herrera, Helios; Reuben, Ernesto; Ting, Michael M. - 2014
Turf wars commonly occur in environments where competition undermines collaboration. We develop a game theoretic model and experimental test of turf wars. The model explores how team production incentives ex post affect team formation decisions ex ante. In the game, one agent decides whether to...
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Friends and foes at work : assigning teams in a social network
Daske, Thomas - 2017
In many firms, production requires the division of staff into teams. If only team performance is observable, moral hazard in teams is inevitable. This variant of moral hazard can be overcome or exacerbated by the interpersonal relationships among team members. I investigate how the division of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011773831
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Voluntary disclosure in unfair contests
Ewerhart, Christian; Grünseis, Julia - 2018
equilibrium outcome of the contest with pre-play communication. This is so because the weakest type of the underdog will try to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011805749
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The rise of NGO activism
Daubanes, Julien; Rochet, Jean-Charles - 2017
Activist NGOs increasingly oppose industrial projects that were approved by public regulators. We develop a model that explains this phenomenon. We consider a potentially-harmful industrial project that is subject to regulatory approval. The regulator can be influenced by the industry, and may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011870649