Communication and efficiency in competitive coordination games

DOI10.1016/j.geb.2012.05.001zbMath1274.91024OpenAlexW2054958114MaRDI QIDQ380845

Roman M. Sheremeta, Timothy N. Cason, Jing-Jing Zhang

Publication date: 14 November 2013

Published in: Games and Economic Behavior (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/72270/1/20121221120821_merlin-id_7771.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

experimentscooperationcoordinationfree ridingcontestbetween-group competitionwithin-group competition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Noncooperative games (91A10) Public goods (91B18) Signaling and communication in game theory (91A28)

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