We study the impact of communication on behavior in a two-stage coordination game with asymmetric payoffs. We test … analyze whether and how quickly a conflict-avoidance take-turn strategy can emerge. First, our results show that players learn … to solve the conflict by choosing opposite options at both stages of the game. Second, many adopt a take-turn strategy to …

case because there is an incentive to free ride and the possibility to do so creating a conflict of interest. -- Public …

This paper examines the effectiveness of leaders in addressing coordination failure in societies with ethnic or … religious diversity. We experimentally vary leader identity in a coordination game and implement it in the field across 44 towns … in India. We find that religious minority leaders (Muslims) improve coordination, while majority leaders (Hindus) do not …

subjects condition their behaviour on the gender of their co-player. In order to identify the role of culture and gender norms … inequality aversion depending on the gender of their co-player, in a manner that is mediated by their culture and gender norms. …