We examine experimentally the impact of communication on trust and cooperation. Our design admits observation of … avoid guilt, as can be modeled using psychological game theory. When players exhibit such guilt aversion, communication may …

Revealing the identities of contributors has been shown to increase cooperation in public goods games. In this paper we … computer chat. The results confirm the positive effect of identification on cooperation among individuals. For groups, however …, we only find a small and temporary effect of identification, irrespective of the type of communication. The reason for …

According to several psychological and economic studies, non-binding communication can be an effective tool to increase … trust and enhance cooperation. This paper focuses on reasons why people stick to a given promise and analyzes to what extent …

According to several psychological and economic studies, non-binding communication can be an effective tool to increase … trust and enhance cooperation. This paper focuses on reasons why people stick to a given promise and analyzes to what extent …

between messages and actual choices, communication raises cooperation, trust, and trustworthiness by about 50 percent. Lags …This paper investigates how the passage of time affects trust, trustworthiness, and cooperation. We use a hybrid lab … and online experiment to provide the first evidence for the persistent power of communication. Even when 3 weeks pass …

Social norms of cooperation are studied under several forms of communication. In an experiment, strangers could make … equilibria. Communication could be used as a tool to either signal intentions to coordinate on Pareto-superior outcomes, to … deceive others, or to credibly commit to actions. Some forms of communication did not promote the incidence of efficient Nash …