作者：Rees-Jones, Alex; Shorrer, Ran; Tergiman, Chloe
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
摘要：We present results from three experiments containing incentivized school choice scenarios. In these scenarios, , we vary whether schools' assessments of students are based on a common priority ( inducing correlation in admissions decisions) ) or are based on independent assessments ( eliminating correlation in admissions decisions). ) . The quality of students' application strategies declines in the presence of correlated admissions: application strategies become substantially more aggressive ...
作者：Dvorak, Fabian; Fehrler, Sebastian
作者单位：University of Konstanz; University of Bremen
摘要：Case studies of cartels and recent theory suggest that communication is a key factor for cooperation under imperfect monitoring, , where actions can only be observed with noise. We conduct a laboratory experiment to study how communication affects cooperation under different monitoring structures. Pre-play communication reduces strategic uncertainty and facilitates very high cooperation rates at the beginning of an interaction. Under perfect monitoring, , this is sufficient to reach a high and...
