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Yale University

2000

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Faulty Communication, Stephen Morris Aug 2000

Faulty Communication, Stephen Morris

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The electronic mail game of Rubinstein (1989) showed that a lack of common knowledge generated by faulty communication can make coordinated action impossible. This paper shows how this conclusion is robust to having a more realistic timing structure of messages, more than two players who meet publicly but not as a plenary group, and strategic decisions about whether to communicate.


Faulty Communication, Stephen Morris Aug 2000

Faulty Communication, Stephen Morris

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

The electronic mail game of Rubinstein (1989) showed that a lack of common knowledge generated by faulty communication can make coordinated action impossible. This paper shows how this conclusion is robust to having a more realistic timing structure of messages, more than two players who meet publicly but not as a plenary group, and strategic decisions about whether to communicate.