Does communication increase the precision of beliefs?

IF 2.1 4区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Economics Letters Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2024.112032

Lisa Bruttel, Vasilisa Werner

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Abstract

This paper explores one channel in which communication facilitates cooperation — belief precision. A prisoner’s dilemma experiment shows that communication not only promotes optimism about the partner’s cooperation but also increases the precision of this belief, thereby reducing strategic uncertainty.

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交流是否会提高信念的精确性？

本文探讨了沟通促进合作的一个渠道--信念的精确性。一个囚徒困境实验表明，交流不仅能促进对伙伴合作的乐观态度，还能提高这种信念的精确度，从而减少战略的不确定性。

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来源期刊

Economics Letters ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.20

自引率

5.00%

发文量

348

审稿时长

30 days

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