TY  - GEN
KW  - Experiment
KW  -  pre-play communication
KW  -  coordination
KW  -  network
KW  -  efficiency
KW  -  equity
PB  - ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution
A1  - Choi, S.
A1  - Lee, J.
TI  - Communication, coordination and networks
CY  - London, UK
Y1  - 2009/11//
AV  - public
N2  - We study experimentally how the network structure and length of pre-play communication affect behavior and outcome in a multi-player coordination game with
conflicting preferences. Network structure matters but the interaction between network and time effects is more subtle. Under each time treatment, substantial variations are observed in both the rate of coordination and distribution of coordinated outcomes across networks. But, increasing the communication length improves both efficiency and equity of coordination. In all treatments, coordination is mostly explained by convergence in communication. We also identify behaviors that explain
variations in the distribution of coordinated outcomes both within and across networks.
T3  - ELSE Working Papers
UR  - http://else.econ.ucl.ac.uk/newweb/papers.php#2009
ID  - discovery18895
ER  -