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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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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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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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relationship between leadership and the spread of conspiracy theories. We propose that leaders spread conspiracy theories in …
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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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After presenting some casual evidence about the difference between economists and the rest of the population, first the survey and experimental evidence which has been presented on this topic during the last 20 years is discussed. But can these results really be transferred to real world...
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A lack of transparency about policy performance can pose a major obstacle to welfare-enhancing policy competition across jurisdictions. In parallel surveys with German citizens and state parliamentarians, we document that both groups misperceive the performance of their state's education system....
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We study how social interaction and friendship shape students' political opinions in a natural experiment at Sciences Po, the cradle of top French politicians. Quasi-random assignments of students into the same short-term integration groups before their scholar curriculum reduce political...
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Using a new survey and experimental data, we investigate how information on inequality and immigration affects preferences for redistribution in Italy. Our randomized treatments show that preferences for redistribution are generally inelastic to information. However, we find that provision of...
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