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Time to Decide: Information Search and Revelation in Groups
Campbell, Arthur; Ederer, Florian; Spinnewijn, Johannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We analyze costly information acquisition and information revelation in groups in a dynamic setting. Even when group members have perfectly aligned interests the group may inefficiently delay decisions. When deadlines are far away, uninformed group members freeride on each others' efforts to...
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Looking Beyond the Incumbent: The Effects of Exposing Corruption on Electoral Outcomes
Chong, Alberto; De La O, Ana; Karlan, Dean S.; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Does information about rampant political corruption increase electoral participation and the support for challenger … increased support for challengers and higher political participation. We provide experimental evidence that information about …
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Deliberating Collective Decisions
Chan, Jimmy; Lizzeri, Alessandro; Suen, Wing; Yariv, Leeat - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015
, more diverse preferences, more consensual deliberation rules, or more unanimous de- cision voting rules lead to lengthier …
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Why a Group Needs a Leader: Decision-making and Debate in Committees.
Dessein, Wouter - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
I develop a model of group decision-making, in which a committee generates proposals and holds open discussions, but the ultimate decision is either taken by a leader (decision by authority) or by majority vote. Optimal communication processes are studied that combine both cheap talk statements...
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Pricing and Information Disclosure in Markets with Loss-Averse Consumers
Karle, Heiko; Peitz, Martin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We develop a theory of imperfect competition with loss-averse consumers. All consumers are fully informed about match value and price at the time they make their purchasing decision. However, a share of consumers are initially uncertain about their tastes and form a reference point consisting of...
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The Impact of Turkey's Membership on EU Voting
Baldwin, Richard; Widgrén, Mika - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
In this paper, we evaluate the impact of Turkey's membership on EU voting. The aspects that we discuss are decision … alternative Council voting rules: those accepted in the Treaty of Nice and implemented by the Accession Treaty of ten 2004 …
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Inequality And Group Participation: Theory And Evidence From Rural Tanzania
La Ferrara, Eliana - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
inequality leads to more or less group participation. Using survey data from rural Tanzania we find that inequality at the … 'subjectively' defined. However, when we disaggregate groups by type of access rule, we find that inequality decreases participation … in open access groups when there are wide disparities at the bottom of the distribution, while it increases participation …
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Tax Rules
Gersbach, Hans; Hahn, Volker; Imhof, Stephan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We examine the provision of public projects under tax and subsidy rules. We find that tax rules separated from project cum subsidy decisions exhibit several advantages when incentive problems of the agenda-setter are taken into account. In particular, tax rules may prevent the proposal of...
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Debt-sensitive Majority Rules
Becker, Johannes Gerd; Gersbach, Hans; Grimm, Oliver - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We examine debt-sensitive majority rules. According to such a rule, the higher a planned public debt, the higher the parliamentary majority required to approve it. In a two-period model we compare debt-sensitive majority rules with the simple majority rule when individuals differ regarding their...
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Clientelism and Aid
Casamatta, Georges; Vellutini, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
Using a model of probabilistic voting, we analyse the impact of aid on the political equilibrium in the recipient …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124076