THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF NATURAL LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS

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dc.contributor.advisorHouser, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorWang, Siyu
dc.creatorWang, Siyu
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-28T10:20:44Z
dc.date.available2016-09-28T10:20:44Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractLanguage is a powerful and complex human tool facilitating social and economic decisions. That the rich structure of language has evidently survived an evolutionary process has led some economists to argue for the importance of understanding its influence on human decision-making. Recently, an extensive experimental literature reveals, in relation to a well-designed predetermined language space, efficient economic outcomes emerge more readily when players can communicate using natural language. This dissertation investigates why natural language communication promotes efficient economic outcomes. In doing so, I bridge theory and experiments in a way that sheds light on the rich structure of language.
dc.format.extent96 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/10391
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2016 Siyu Wang
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectCoordination
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectExperiment
dc.subjectLanguage
dc.titleTHE ECONOMIC VALUE OF NATURAL LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION: THEORY AND EXPERIMENTS
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelPh.D.

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