Hierarchical cheap talk

Theoretical Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-261

  Ambrus, Attila ^a   Azevedo, Eduardo M ^a   Kamada, Yuichiro ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cheap talk; Communication protocols; Intermediation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872715325     PISSN: 19336837     EISSN: 15557561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/TE1038     Document Type: Article

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