Persuasion by cheap talk

American Economic Review

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2361-2382

  Chakraborty, Archishman ^a   Harbaugh, Rick ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650424803     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.100.5.2361     Document Type: Article

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