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In this paper we model the interaction between leaders, their followers and crowd followers in a coordination game with local interaction. The steady states of a dynamic best-response process can feature a coexistence of Pareto dominant and risk dominant actions in the population. The existence...
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We examine whether economic and military competence of political leaders affect their duration in office. We introduce leader heterogeneity in the selectorate theory of Bueno de Mesquita et al. (2003) and derive the hypothesis that in the presence of a revolutionary threat, economic competence...
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Can political leaders change constituents' beliefs? If so, is it rhetoric, identity, or the interaction of the two that matters? We construct a large-scale experiment where participants are exposed to anti-immigrant and pro-immigrant speeches from both Presidents Obama and Trump. We benchmark...
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The positive role of transformational leadership on productivity and mental well-being has long been established …. Transformational leadership behavior may be particularly suited to navigate times of crisis which are characterized by high levels of …' leadership styles on employees' performance, work style, and mental well-being in times of crisis. Using longitudinal …
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environments, we use a laboratory experiment in which we form groups and assign leadership roles at random. We study an environment …
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We investigate the link between leadership, beliefs and pro-social behavior. This link is interesting because field …
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alike have emphasized the potential of leadership to foster performance in these settings. However, the causal impact of … leadership is difficult to identify, as in agile and crossfunctional teams leadership is often determined endogenously. This … study exploits a unique opportunity to uncover the value of leadership in a non-routine task performed by teams with flat …
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This paper examines leadership in relation to supplying a global public good. Both the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris …? When does leadership improve global welfare? The answer depends on how transparent the leader’s abatement technology is for … the followers. When there is no transparency and the leader has to abate to signal the abatement cost, leadership reduces …
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We model leadership selection, competition, and decision making in teams with heterogeneous membership composition. We … show that if the choice of leadership in a team is imprecise or noisy - which may arguably be the case if appointment … performers. We characterize the properties of the leadership selection and production processes which lead to the Apollo effect …
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, subjects can apply for leadership, whereas in the control treatment, we assign leadership randomly. Results reveal that women … leaders, we find that sorting into leadership is not related to individual honesty preferences. In the control we find that … leadership, as they align dishonest behavior with their belief on group members' honesty preferences. …
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