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Facebook-to-Facebook: online communication and economic cooperation

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  • Anna Lou Abatayo
  • John Lynham
  • Katerina Sherstyuk

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Direct face-to-face communication has traditionally been found to be more effective for fostering economic cooperation than any form of indirect, mediated communication. We inquire whether this is still the case since most young adults routinely use texting and online social media to communicate with each other. We find that young adults in our laboratory public goods experiment are just as adept at finding and sustaining cooperative agreements when communicating within a Facebook group and through online chat as they are in person.

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  • Anna Lou Abatayo & John Lynham & Katerina Sherstyuk, 2018. "Facebook-to-Facebook: online communication and economic cooperation," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(11), pages 762-767, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:25:y:2018:i:11:p:762-767
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1363857
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    1. Walther, Sven, 2025. "The Effect of Virtual Communication Channels on Human Behavior: A Literature Review," MPRA Paper 125223, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Anna Lou Abatayo & John Lynham & Katerina Sherstyuk, 2020. "Communication, Expectations, and Trust: An Experiment with Three Media," Games, MDPI, vol. 11(4), pages 1-26, October.
    3. Stefan P. Penczynski, 2019. "Using machine learning for communication classification," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 22(4), pages 1002-1029, December.
    4. Lopaciuk-Gonczaryk, Beata, 2019. "Social Capital Formation Through a Polish LETS: Challenging the Presumed Merits of Local Currencies," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 158(C), pages 75-87.
    5. Backstrom, Jesse D. & Eckel, Catherine C. & Rholes, Ryan & Tangvatcharapong, Meradee, 2025. "Behind the screens: A replication and extension of Coasian bargaining experiments in the digital age," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
    6. J Jobu Babin, 2020. "Linguistic signaling, emojis, and skin tone in trust games," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(6), pages 1-14, June.

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    JEL classification:

    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
    • D03 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Behavioral Microeconomics: Underlying Principles
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations

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