The electronic mail game of Rubinstein (1989) showed that a lack of common knowledge generated by faulty communication …

We study coordination in dynamic global games with private learning. Players choose whether and when to invest … tolerant of non-simultaneous coordination. We also identify conditions under which players coordinate on the risk …

communication can make coordinated action impossible. This paper shows how this conclusion is robust to having a more realistic …

We study communication in a two-player coordination game with Pareto-ranked equilibria. Prior research demonstrates … that efficient coordination is difficult without communication but obtains regularly with (mandatory) costless pre … communication. Consistent with the introspective character of GW-FI, the fraction of players who achieve efficient coordination by …

, using rules and task guidelines, and ex post coordination, using communication and broad job assignments. It shows that: (i …This paper endogenizes coordination problems in organizations by allowing for both ex ante coordination of activities … coordination. In particular, specialization is often non-monotonic in the importance of coordination. (ii) Organizations exhibit …

-unit managers’ authority. Realizing synergies then involves a tradeoff between motivation and coordination. Motivating managers …