We investigate the possibility that a decision-maker prefers to avoid making a decision and instead delegates it to an …

In a laboratory experiment, we measure subjects' willingness to pay for a transparently useless decision right … likelihood of receiving her preferred task if she rather than another participant makes the decision. Participants pay more to …

We present a heterogeneous-firm model in which management ability increases both pro- duction efficiency and product … quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management prac- tices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find … inputs, and imported inputs from more advanced countries. The structural estimates indicate that management is important for …