differentiation. There are studies in which the authors limit their considerations to a certain number of repetitions of oligopolistic …

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. …

shown for face-toface decision making, which has ceased to be the prevalent form of communication in many IT …-based organizations. To test the robustness of higher group rationality under conditions of virtual communication, we conduct a social … learning experiment. We find that virtual communication leads to a substantial deterioration of group rationality for a …

This paper experimentally investigates free-riding behavior on communication cost in a coordination game and finds … strong indications of such free-riding. Firstly, the subjects wait for others to send a message when communication is costly …, which does not happen when communication is costless. Secondly, the proportion of games where no communication or one …