Communication under language barriers

We study the welfare effect of language barriers in communication. Specifically, we compare the equilibrium welfare in a game with language barriers to that in the equivalent game without language barriers. We show how and why language barriers may (weakly) improve welfare by providing two positive...

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Published in:	Journal of economic theory Vol. 180; pp. 274 - 303
Main Authors:	Giovannoni, Francesco, Xiong, Siyang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier Inc 01.03.2019
Subjects:	Cheap talk Communication Information transmission Language barriers Mediation Noisy talk Noisy talk Language barriers Cheap talk Mediation Information transmission D83 C72 D82 Communication
ISSN:	0022-0531, 1095-7235
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