We consider an experiment with a version of the Battle of the Sexes game with two-sided private information, preceded … information and subsequent payoffs from the game. We find that the players are overall truthful about their types in the cheap-talk … phase in both one-way and two-way talk. Furthermore, the unique symmetric cheap-talk equilibrium in the two-way cheap talk …

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 …-play messages. In a laboratory experiment, we modify communication by making the sending of messages optional and costly. Even small …

We consider an experiment with a version of the Battle of the Sexes game with two-sided private information, allowing a … their types in the cheap-talk phase in both one-way or two-way talk. Furthermore, the unique symmetric cheap-talk … higher payoffs in the game when the talk is one-way as the truthful reports facilitate desired coordination. …

the size of credible deviations. In our experiment, we find support for the relevance of credible deviations. In addition …

We examine 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 …-play messages. In a laboratory experiment, we introduce two realistic features of communication by making the sending of messages …

Coordination games have multiple equilibria under complete information. However, recent theoretical advances show that …

´s knowledge public knowledge. The experiment replicates the results of earlier experimental studies (Dickhaut et al., 1995, Cai … other hand the decision makers rely too much on the received information. Moreover, communication as well as payoffs … communication is less biased. In all treatments, however, the messages are more precise than theoretically predicted. …

coordination problems. We conduct experiments under various conditions which control for salient labeling and learning dynamics …. Contrary to previous experiments, we find that coordination on non-empty Strict Nash equilibria is not an easy task for … significantly helps coordination, but only when subjects are pre-instructed to think of the wheel network as a reasonable way to …