production as a coordination game with Pareto-ranked equilibria. We initially create an efficient group and an inefficient one … restrictions in different ways to help understand why the institutions are effective in maintaining coordination. We find that both … restrictions work to maintain efficient coordination but they are effective for different reasons. …

examine the sensitivity of this result to the ability of people to observe others' choices. Our experiments are set in a … either start with low financial incentives for coordination, which typically leads to coordination failure, and then are … switched to higher incentives or start with high incentives, which typically yield effective coordination, and are switched to …

We study manager-employee interactions in experiments set in a corporate environment where payoffs depend on employees … managerial intervention subjects invariably slip into coordination failure. To overcome a history of coordination failure …

patterns of behavior. Using controlled laboratory experiments, we study how financial incentives can be used to find a way out … of such performance traps. Our experiments are set in a corporate environment where subjects' payoffs depend on … phase, the benefits of coordination are low relative to the cost of increased effort. Play in this initial phase typically …

production as a coordination game with Pareto-ranked equilibria. We initially create an efficient group and an inefficient one … restrictions in different ways to help understand why the institutions are effective in maintaining coordination. We find that both … restrictions work to maintain efficient coordination but they are effective for different reasons. …

experiment, while coordination failures emerge in the following periods sweeping away the beneficial effect of communication at …

This paper examines whether and how communication can help groups solve coordination and free-rider problems when they … where we remove coordination and free-riding incentives by having group members reach a unanimous group decision on how much …

We study manager-employee interactions in experiments set in a corporate environment where payoffs depend on employees … managerial intervention subjects invariably slip into coordination failure. To overcome a history of coordination failure …