Using experimental methods, this paper investigates the limits of communication and leadership in aiding group … communication and leadership are expected to help in coordinating on such an equilibrium. We consider an environment in which the … effort is observed by the rest of the group. We study whether leadership can prevent coordination failure and whether …

talk is one-way as the truthful reports facilitate desired coordination. …

Costless and non-binding pre-play communication (cheap talk) has been found to often be effective in achieving … uncertainty in the framework of a 2x2 coordination game, in which one choice leads to the same payoff regardless of the action of … the other person's play. Cheap talk is found to be effective, as there is much more coordination in both Signal treatments …

communication, we also find systematic deviations from optimal behavior in how the communicated information is used. Specifically … than predicted coordination in centralized organizations. We show that the observed deviations disappear when uncertainty …

solve coordination problems from past coordination success or failure. -- coordination ; precedent ; costly communication …Precedents can facilitate successful coordination within groups by reducing strategic uncertainty, but they may lead to … coordination failure when two groups with diverging precedents have to interact. This paper describes an experiment to explore how …

We study whether one reason behind female underrepresentation in leadership is that female leaders are less effective … at coordinating action by followers. Two experiments using coordination games investigate whether female leaders are less … effective leaders potentially self-confirming. We find no evidence that such bias impacts actual leadership performance …

We study whether one reason behind female underrepresentation in leadership is that female leaders are less effective … at coordinating action by followers. Two experiments using coordination games investigate whether female leaders are less … effective leaders potentially self-confirming. We find no evidence that such bias impacts actual leadership performance …

We study whether one reason behind female underrepresentation in leadership is that female leaders are less effective … at coordinating followers' actions. Two experiments using coordination games investigate whether female leaders are less … successful than males in persuading followers to coordinate on efficient equilibria. In these settings, successful coordination …

model of communication in games and investigate the importance of when communication takes place. Sending a message before … are believed whenever possible. Applying our results to Aumann's Stag Hunt game we find that communication is useless if …