@techreport{Koukoumelis2009Leading,
abstract = {In this paper, we study a voluntary contribution mechanism with one-way communication. The relevance of one person's words is assessed by assigning exogenously the role of the communicator to one group member. Contrary to the view that the mutual exchange of promises is necessary for the cooperation-enhancing effect of communication, we \"i¬nd that, compared to a standard voluntary contribution mechanism with no communication, one-way communication signi\"i¬cantly increases contributions and renders them stable over time. Moreover, the positive effects of one-way communication persist even when communication is one-shot.},
address = {Jena},
author = {Anastasios Koukoumelis and Maria Vittoria Levati and Johannes Weisser},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {C72; C92; H41; 330; Public goods experiment; computer-mediated communication; Cheap-talk; Cooperation; \"{O}ffentliches Gut; Nichtkooperatives Spiel; Test; Kommunikation; Computergest\"{u}tztes Verfahren},
language = {eng},
number = {2009,106},
publisher = {Univ. [u.a.]},
title = {Leading by words: A voluntary contribution experiment with one-way communication},
type = {Jena economic research papers},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/32592},
year = {2009}
}
