Coordination is central to social interactions. Theory and conventional lab experiments suggest that cheap talk …/communication can enhance coordination under certain conditions. Two aspects that remain underexplored are (1) the interaction between … both of these by studying a typical naturally-occurring setting that requires coordination; that is, one where members of …

We conduct a laboratory experiment in 40 Indian villages, with 960 non-anonymized subjects, where we have social …

remains unachieved because of persistently low demand for high-quality products. In a randomized field experiment in Senegal …

Global games of regime change -- that is, coordination games of incomplete information in which a status quo is …

-stakes environment. For most others, improved coordination implies a drastic decline in monetary winnings. Prior to playing the social …

participants play a coordination game with information heterogeneity. We consider defense policies against speculative currency …

. However, coordination on a rule leaves arbitrators as a group vulnerable to manipulation by coalitions of employers or …

that subjects who play the risky but efficient action in a simple coordination game (i.e., play stag in a stag hunt game …

In collaboration with a state environmental regulator in India, we conducted a field experiment to raise the frequency …

The growth of electric vehicles (EVs) raises new challenges for electricity systems. We implement a field experiment to … distribution network upgrades. In contrast, centrally managed charging solves the coordination problem, reducing transformer …