Quality communication via cheap-talk messages in experimental auctions
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Negative information; Auctions; Cheap talk; Information disclosure;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C9 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments
- D21 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Theory
- L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
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