Working Papers by Howard Rosenthal
# | Title | Authors | Date | Length | Paper | Abstract | |
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1400 | How Cheap Talk Enhances Efficiency in Public Goods Games | Palfrey, Thomas R. Rosenthal, Howard Roy, Nilanjan | 01/15/2015 | 46 | SSWP_1400.pdf | This paper uses a Bayesian mechanism design approach to investigate the effects of communication in a threshold public goods game. Individuals have private information about contribution costs. If at least some fraction of the group makes a discrete contribution, a public benefit accrues to all members of the group. We experimentally implement three different communication structures prior to the decision move: (a) simultaneous exchange of binary messages, (b) larger finite numerical message space, and (c) unrestricted text chat. We obtain theoretical bounds on the efficiency gains that are obtainable under these different communication structures. In an experiment with three person groups and a threshold of two, we observe significant efficiency gains only with the richest of these communication structures, where participants engage in unrestricted text chatting. In that case, the efficiency bounds implied by mechanism design theory are achieved. | |
785 | Repeated Play, Cooperation and Coordination: An Experimental Study. | Palfrey, Thomas R. Rosenthal, Howard | sswp785cover.pdf | ||||
730 | Testing Game-Theoretic Models of Free Riding: New Evidence on Probability Bias and Learning. | Palfrey, Thomas R. Rosenthal, Howard | 03/01/1990 | sswp730c.pdf | |||
692 | Testing for Effects of Cheap Talk in a Public Goods Game with Private Information. | Palfrey, Thomas R. Rosenthal, Howard | sswp692c.pdf | ||||
659 | Private Incentives in Social Dilemmas: The Effect of Incomplete Information and Altruism. | Palfrey, Thomas R. Rosenthal, Howard | 12/01/1987 | sswp659c.pdf | |||
487 | A Spatial Model for Legislative Roll Call Analysis. | Poole, Keith Rosenthal, Howard | 07/01/1983 | sswp487.pdf | |||
476 | The Polarization of American Politics. | Poole, Keith Rosenthal, Howard | 04/01/1983 | sswp476.pdf | |||
465 | Participation and the Provision of Discrete Public Goods: A Strategic Analysi | Palfrey, Thomas R. Rosenthal, Howard | 01/01/1983 | sswp465c.pdf | |||
449 | If At First You Don't Succeed: Budgeting by a Sequence of Referenda. | Ladha, Krishna Romer, Thomas Rosenthal, Howard | 10/01/1982 | sswp449.pdf |