Empirical studies on information communication technologies (ICT) typically aggregate the "information" and … "communication" components together. We show theoretically and empirically that these have very different effects on the empowerment …' lower level agents. Conversely, technologies reducing communication costs substitute agent's knowledge for directions from …

The role of data analysis in communication, persuasion, and decision-making is discussed. Some problems with current … data-analysis practice are presented, including communication, complex models, large data bases, one-pass processing, rigid …

communication between subjects. In reality, however, altruism usually requires interaction between givers and receivers, which … altruism are built on human sociality. We experimentally examine communication in which one subject allocates $10 between … recipients had been able to ask, even when they were silent. We conclude that communication dramatically influences altruistic …

because decentralized trading impedes communication and, in so doing, opens the door to self-fulfilling beliefs despite the …

communication about future interest rate decisions based on information from the Internet and news sources. We apply the methodology … announcements, whereas longer-dated Treasuries mainly react to changes in policy communication. Using lower frequency data, we find …, we find communication to be a more important determinant of Treasury rates than contemporaneous policy rate decisions …