which they usually take different positions. Two examples of such structures are communication networks and hierarchies. In … feasible sets in communication networks and compare them with feasible sets arising from hierarchies. …

communication sometimes breeds collusion and is detrimental to team efficiency. Here, we present experimental evidence showing that …Communication has been regarded as one of the most effective devices in promoting team cooperation. But asymmetric … excluding one member from team communication hurts team cooperation: the communicating partners collude in profit allocation …

Human communication in organizations often involves a large amount of gossiping about others. Here we study in an … experiment whether gossip affects the efficiency of human interactions. We let subjects play a trust game. Third parties observe … possibility of gossip is highly efficiency-increasing compared to a situation without any gossip. In two further control …

Human communication in organizations often involves a large amount of gossiping about others. Here we study in an … experiment whether gossip affects the efficiency of human interactions. We let subjects play a trust game. Third parties observe … possibility of gossip is highly efficiency-increasing compared to a situation without any gossip. In two further control …