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In this paper, we describe a series of laboratory experiments that implement specific examples of a more general network structure and we examine equilibrium selection. Specifically, actions are either strategic substitutes or strategic complements, and participants have either complete or...
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coordinate with other teams. We present an experiment with 825 participants, using six different coordination games, where either …The need for efficient coordination is ubiquitous in organizations and industries. The literature on the determinants … of efficient coordination has focused on individual decision-making so far. In reality, however, teams often have to …
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networks, such coordination may be very difficult to achieve and may depend on the communication technology and the network … structure. We examine how pre-play communication and clustering within networks affect coordination in a challenging …
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coordinate with other teams. We present an experiment with 825 participants, using six different coordination games, where either …The need for efficient coordination is ubiquitous in organizations and industries. The literature on the determinants … of efficient coordination has focused on individual decision-making so far. In reality, however, teams often have to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012723003
We study the dynamics of the private provision of a public good that requires both capacity buildup and ongoing operating costs. We show that setting a time limit for the collection of contributions dedicated to capacity buildup minimizes the utility loss at the Nash equilibrium. We test the...
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We develop a model of strategic contractual incompleteness that identifies conditions under which principals might omit even costlessly verifiable terms. We then use experiments to test comparative statics predictions of the model. While it is well known that verifiability imperfections can...
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We explore the influence of social norms on behavior. To do so, we introduce a method for identifying norms, based on the property that social norms reflect social consensus regarding the appropriateness of different possible behaviors. We demonstrate that the norms we elicit, along with a...
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intermediary organizations facilitate coordination among donors and reduce such risks. To study this, we extend a threshold public …
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interaction effects. We conduct an experiment that avoids theidentification problem present in the field. Our novel design feature …
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There is continuing debate about what explains cooperation and self-sacrifice in nature and in particular in humans. This paper suggests a new way to think about this famous problem. I argue that, for an evolutionary biologist as well as a quantitative social scientist, the triangle of two...
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