Quarterly Journal of Economics Vol. 107 No. 2 1992
Communication in Coordination Games
Abstract
We present experimental evidence on nonbinding, preplay communication in bilateral coordination games. To evaluate the effect of "cheap talk, " we consider two communication structures (one-way and two-way communication) and two types of coordination games (one with a cooperative strategy and a second in which one strategy is less "risky"). In games with a cooperative strategy, one-way communication increases play of the Pareto-dominant equilibrium relative to the no communication baseline; two-way communication does not always decrease the frequency of coordination failures. In the second type of game, two-way communication always leads to the Pareto-dominant Nash equilibrium, while one-way communication does not.
- DOI
- 10.2307/2118488
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 739-771
- Language
- en
- Sources
- openalex crossref