equally in groups of optimal size and there is no communication. In this paper we investigate the impact of introducing … communication groups that may or may not be linked to output sharing groups. Communication reduces shirking, increases aggregate … effort and reduces aggregate rents, but only when communication groups and output-sharing groups are linked. The effect is …

. Examples include market entry games, coordination games, and the bar-room game depicted in the movie 'A Beautiful Mind'. The …

preventive wars when the power shift is smaller and when the rising state has the commitment power. Communication and repeated …

of the extent they involve conflict over time. Overall, the results indicate that inter-personal communication may help …

Using a laboratory experiment, we examine whether informal monetary sanctions can lead to better coordination in a … repeated minimum effort coordination game. While most groups first experience inefficient coordination, the efficiency … member. By contrast, introducing instead an ex post costless communication possibility fails to permanently increase …

We examine a technology adoption game with network effects in which coordination on technology A and technology B … constitute a Nash equilibrium. Coordination on technology B is assumed to be payoff-dominant. We define a technology's critical …

egocentric instead. Our results contribute to the understanding of coordination dynamics resting on heterogeneity and co …

A popular empirical technique to measure norms uses coordination games to elicit what subjects in an experiment … that subjects use their normative expectations to solve the coordination game. However, subjects might use alternative …

The paper analyzes the role of the structure of communication - i.e. who is talking with whom - on the choice of … messages, on their credibility and on actual play. We run an experiment in a three-player coordination game with Pareto ranked … analysis of credibility, the subjects should communicate and play the Pareto optimal equilibrium only when communication is …