Sleep restriction increases coordination failure

Marco Castillo and David Dickinson

No 20-05, Working Papers from Department of Economics, Appalachian State University

Abstract: When group outcomes depend on minimal e?ort (e.g., disease containment, work teams, or indigenous hunt success), a classic coordination problem exists. Using a wellestablished paradigm, we examine how a common cognitive state (insu?cient sleep) impacts coordination outcomes. Our data indicate that insu?cient sleep increases coordination failure costs, which suggests that the sleep or, more generally, cognitive composition of a group might determine its ability to escape from a trap of costly miscoordination and wasted cooperative e?orts. These ?ndings are ?rst evidence of the potentially large externality of a commonly experienced biological state (insu?cient sleep) that has in?ltrated many societies. Key Words:

Date: 2020
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