We report results from a laboratory experiment that explores the effects of preference communication and leader …. We also find that preference communication by non-leaders is frequently strategic. …

for coordination improves horizontal communication but worsens vertical communication. As a result, no matter how …This paper compares centralized and decentralized coordination when managers are privately informed and communicate … important coordination is, decentralization dominates centralization if the division managers are not too biased towards their …

can deliberate secretly. To test the model's key predictions, we run an experiment. The results from the laboratory …

We study how response time in a laboratory experiment on bank runs affects withdrawal decisions. In our setup, the bank …

multiple M equilibria exhibit coordination problems that could not be anticipated through the lens of existing models …

benefit from coordination (or centralization) of search activities. We test the conjecture that agents gain from coordination … with a between-subject design in two treatments. In the experiments we find no gains from coordination. Instead, we find …