Communication with partially verifiable information: an experiment

We use laboratory experiments to study communication games with partially verifiable information.In these games, based on Glazer and Rubinstein (2004, 2006), an informed sender sends a two-dimensional message receiver, but only one dimension of the can be verified. investigate effect evidence verification control using three treatments: where messages are unverifiable, receiver chooses which verify has this control. First, we find that helps receiver. Second, despite significant differences in behavior across two treatments, receivers' payoffs do not differ significantly suggesting they hurt by delegating also show theoretically optimal commitment strategy identified is close being response senders' observed both treatments.