@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt24hqf1.5,
 ISBN = {9780691158280},
 URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt24hqf1.5},
 abstract = {How do individuals coordinate their actions? Here we consider “coordination problems,” in which each person wants to participate in a group action but only if others also participate. For example, each person might want to take part in an antigovernment protest but only if there are enough total protesters to make arrests and police repression unlikely. People most often “solve” coordination problems by communicating with each other. Simply receiving a message, however, is not enough to make an individual participate. Because each individual wants to participate only if others do, each person must also know that others received a message.},
 bookauthor = {Michael Suk-Young Chwe},
 booktitle = {Rational Ritual: Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge},
 pages = {3--18},
 publisher = {Princeton University Press},
 title = {Introduction},
 year = {2001}
}