Communication, commitment, and deception in social dilemmas: experimental evidence

G. Camera, Marco Casari and Maria Bigoni

Working Papers from Dipartimento Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Bologna

Abstract: Social norms of cooperation are studied under several forms of communication. In an experiment, strangers could make public statements before playing a prisoner s dilemma. The interaction was repeated indefinitely, which generated multiple equilibria. Communication could be used as a tool to either signal intentions to coordinate on Pareto-superior outcomes, to deceive others, or to credibly commit to actions. Some forms of communication did not promote the incidence of efficient Nash play, and sometimes reduced it. Surprisingly, cooperation suffered when subjects could publicly commit to actions.

JEL-codes: C70 C90 D80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011-05
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Working Paper: Communication, Commitment, and Deception in Social Dilemmas: Experimental Evidence (2010)
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