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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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Anatomy of Voting Behaviour and Attitudes During Post-Communist Transition Czech Republic 1990-98

Doyle, Orla; Fidrmuc, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

How does implementing harsh economic reforms influence voting behaviour? And how do the patterns of political support …-economic characteristics, such as age and education - tend to have a stable impact on voting behaviour over time, economic outcomes, such as …

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Tax Contracts and Government Formation

Gersbach, Hans; Schneider, Maik - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

We introduce tax contracts and examine how they affect government formation and welfare of voters in a democracy with proportional elections. A tax contract specifies a range of tax rates a party is committed to if in government. We develop a new model of party competition in which parties...

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Political Institutions and Economic Growth

Marsiliani, Laura; Renström, Thomas I - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

We analyze the impact of micro-founded political institutions on economic growth in an overlapping-generations economy, where individuals differ in preferences over a public good (as well as in age). Labour and capital taxes finance the public good and a public input. The benchmark institution...

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