TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bjedov, Tjaša
AU  - Madies, Thierry
AU  - Villeval, Marie Claire
        TI  - Communication and Coordination in a Two-Stage Game
        PY  - 2015/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 8953
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp8953
        AB  - We study the impact of communication on behavior in a two-stage coordination game with asymmetric payoffs. We test experimentally whether individuals can avoid a head-to-head confrontation by means of coordinated strategies. In particular we analyze whether and how quickly a conflict-avoidance take-turn strategy can emerge. First, our results show that players learn to solve the conflict by choosing opposite options at both stages of the game. Second, many adopt a take-turn strategy to sustain coordination over time and alleviate the inequality induced by the asymmetry of payoffs. Third, communication increases the likelihood of conflict resolution even when a single pair member has the right to communicate.
        KW  - conflict
KW  - turn taking
KW  - communication
KW  - coordination
KW  - experiment
        ER  -