Communication and Social Preferences: An Experimental Analysis

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Antonio Cabrales

University College London - Department of Economics; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR); Charles III University of Madrid

Francesco Feri

University of London - Royal Holloway College

Piero Gottardi

University of Essex - Department of Economics; European University Institute - Department of Economics; Ca Foscari University of Venice - Dipartimento di Economia; CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

Miguel Meléndez-Jiménez

University of Malaga

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Date Written: 2021

Abstract

This paper reports on experiments regarding cheap talk games where senders attempt deception when their interests are not in conflict with those of the receiver. The amount of miscommunication is higher than in previous experimental findings on cheap talk games in situations where senders’ and receivers’ interests are not in conflict. We obtain this even though, as in previous literature, some participants appear to feature a cost of lying. We argue our findings could be attributed to distributional preferences of senders who lie to avoid the receiver getting a higher payoff than herself.

JEL Classification: D830, C720, G140

Suggested Citation

Cabrales, Antonio and Feri, Francesco and Gottardi, Piero and Meléndez-Jiménez, Miguel, Communication and Social Preferences: An Experimental Analysis (2021). CESifo Working Paper No. 8850, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3772091 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3772091

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