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A central feature of dynamic collective decision-making is that the rules that govern the procedures for future … decision-making and the distribution of political power across players are determined by current decisions. For example … dynamic collective decision-making: (1) a social arrangement is made stable by the instability of alternative arrangements …
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not to be true there is no significant difference in average decision lags. Furthermore, and also surprisingly, there is … no significant difference in the decision lag when groups decisions are made by majority rule versus when they are made …
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decision. We report results from lab experiments focused on such information-collection processes. We consider decisions … decision accuracies over time. Furthermore, groups using majority rule yield especially hasty and inaccurate decisions …
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We develop a dynamic model of board decision-making. We show that a board could retain a policy all directors agree is …
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General purpose technologies like information technology typically require complementary firm-specific investments to create value. These complementary investments produce a form of capital, which is typically intangible and which we call digital capital. We create an extended firm-level panel...
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In this paper we argue that an important source of the recent increase in outsourcing is the computer and information … technological change increases outsourcing because it allows firms to use services based on leading edge technologies without … outsourcing costs of IT-based services generating a positive correlation between the IT level of the user and its outsourcing …
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We examine individuals' decisions to attend protests during the summer of 2020. Our analysis examines two simultaneous movements: Black Lives Matter along with protests calling for less stringent public health measures to combat the COVID-19 (e.g., for swifter reopening of businesses). Our...
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relatively little empirical knowledge about how it affects decision-making in specific medical contexts. Through general … conceptual discussion and consideration of a case study of leukemia chemo-therapy, this paper examines the medical decision …
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Home-delivered prescriptions have no delivery charge and lower copayments than prescriptions picked up at a pharmacy. Nevertheless, when home delivery is offered on an opt-in basis, the take-up rate is only 6%. We study a program that makes active choice of either home delivery or pharmacy...
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allocations is not rejected in models that allow more than two household members to have agency in decision-making. In contrast … decision-making within complex households …
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