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Speech is Silver; Silence is Golden

Andersson, Ola LU and Holm, Jerker LU (2013) In Games 4(3). p.497-507
Abstract
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-way communication takes place is much higher when

communication is costly compared to when it is free.
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free-riding, communication, coordination
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Games
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4
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3
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497 - 507
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MDPI AG
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2073-4336
DOI
10.3390/g4030497
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English
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  author       = {{Andersson, Ola and Holm, Jerker}},
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  keywords     = {{free-riding; communication; coordination}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{497--507}},
  publisher    = {{MDPI AG}},
  series       = {{Games}},
  title        = {{Speech is Silver; Silence is Golden}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/3069374/4730870.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.3390/g4030497}},
  volume       = {{4}},
  year         = {{2013}},
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