Desperate Housewives? Communication Difficulties and the Dynamics of Marital (Un)Happiness
用博弈论模型分析夫妻沟通不畅如何导致信念分歧，进而影响婚姻幸福、离婚风险及咨询作用，适合研究家庭决策和婚姻动态的学者。
The quality of a marriage depends on the proximity of a collective action to a unknown target. Individuals receive private signals about the target, and can communicate them only imperfectly to their spouses. Because of imperfect communication, spouses may hold different beliefs about the optimal action. If a couple's beliefs diverge too widely, one or both of them may prefer to dissolve the marriage. The article explores how poor communication contributes to marital unhappiness, as well as its implications for the dynamics of divorce risk, the welfare properties of divorce decisions and the role of counselling. Copyright © The Author(s). Journal compilation © Royal Economic Society 2008.