Language Barriers

Econometrica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 781-812

  Blume, Andreas ^a   Board, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication games; Indeterminate meaning; Language differences; Organizational codes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875500006     PISSN: 00129682     EISSN: 14680262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3982/ECTA9183     Document Type: Article

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