The effect of intergroup competition on group coordination: An experimental study

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-25

  Bornstein, Gary ^a   Gneezy, Uri ^b   Nagel, Rosmarie ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coordination failure; Strategic uncertainty; Tacit coordination games

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036811270     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-8256(02)00012-X     Document Type: Article

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