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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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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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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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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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Framing Effects in Political Decision Making: Evidence From a Natural Voting Experiment

Bütler, Monika; Maréchal, Michel André - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper analyzes a recent ballot in which two virtually identical popular initiatives, both demanding a decrease in the legal age of retirement in Switzerland, led to differences in approval rates of nearly seven percentage points. Based on this unique natural experiment, the existence of...

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Elections with Contribution-Maximizing Candidates

Gradstein, Mark - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Much of the analysis of campaign contributions, in accordance with the Downsian model, has supposed that candidates seek contributions for electoral purposes. This paper takes the opposite approach, by assuming that each candidate aims to maximize the contributions he collects. We let a citizen...

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Media Capture and Wealth Concentration

Corneo, Giacomo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

develops a voting model where citizens are uncertain about the welfare effects induced by alternative policy options and derive … influence the public opinion. In case of voting over the level of a productivity-enhancing public bad, it is shown that an …

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