Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32592 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2009,106
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
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 signïi¬cantly increases contributions and renders them stable over time. Moreover, the positive effects of one-way communication persist even when communication is one-shot.
Subjects: 
Public goods experiment
computer-mediated communication
Cheap-talk
Cooperation
JEL: 
C72
C92
H41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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