The Effect of Communication Media on Cooperation

Brosig Jeannette and Weimann Joachim
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Brosig Jeannette: University of Magdeburg,Magdeburg, Germany
Weimann Joachim: University of Magdeburg,Magdeburg,Germany

German Economic Review, 2003, vol. 4, issue 2, 217-241

Abstract: We examine how communication affects cooperation with the help of seven standard public goods experiments that only differ with respect to the medium of pre-play communication. Our treatments include bidirectional and unidirectional communication via (mostly electronic) auditory and/or visual channels. The results suggest that successful cooperation is attributable to the opportunity of ‘coordinating’ behavior in the communication phase. Furthermore, both the level and the stability of cooperation significantly interact with the communication medium, even though the content of communication is remarkably similar across the communication treatments.

Keywords: Public good; experimental economics; communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1111/1468-0475.00080

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