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Committees as active audiences : reputation concerns and information

Swank, Otto H.; Visser, Bauke - 2018

payoffs and about his reputation for expertise. The state remains unobserved, even after the decision has been taken. In such … inconclusive environments, in equilibrium, a member's internal (peer) reputation is based on deliberation patterns, while member …'s external (market) reputation is based on the observed group decision. Either form of reputation concerns create strategic …

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Why do policy makers stick to inefficient decisions?

Dur, Robert A. J. - 1999 - This draft: June 1999

This paper offers an explanation for why policy makers stick to inefficient policy decisions. I argue that repealing a policy is a bad signal to voters about the policy maker's competence if voters do not have complete knowledge about the effects of implemented policies. I derive the optimal...

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When Galatea cares about her reputation : how having faith in your workers reduces their motivation to shine

Kamphorst, Jurjen J. A.; Swank, Otto H. - 2010

motivate employeeswho are driven by concerns about their reputation for being able. When employeesare driven by monetary …

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Reputation and discretion in financial contracting

Boot, Arnoud W.; Greenbaum, Stuart I.; Thakor, Anjan V. - 1993 - Rev

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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)

Praag, Mirjam van; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2007

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Payment choice, image motivation and contributions to charity : evidence from a field experiment

Soetevent, Adrian R. - 2009

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The benefits of being economics professor A (and not Z)

Praag, Mirjam van; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2007

experienced afaster growth rate over the course of her career as a result of reputation and visibility.Moreover, authors know that …

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Payment choice, image motivation and contributions to charity

Soetevent, Adriaan R. - 2010 - Final version: 04 August, 2010

This paper examines the impact of payment choice on charitablegiving with a door-to-door fund-raising field experiment. Respondentscan donate cash only, use debit only, or have both options. Cash donations have lower visibility vis-a-vis solicitors than debit card donations. When debit replaces...

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Why are residents reluctant to consult attending physicians?

Swank, Otto H. - 2009

A physician performs two tasks: making diagnoses and determining treatments. To reduce medical error, residents are supposed to consult their supervisors when they face uncommon circumstances. However, recent research shows that residents are reluctant to do so. This paper presents a model that...

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The consequences of endogenizing information for herd behavior

Swank, Otto H.; Visser, Bauke - 2003

In models of sequential decision making herd behaviour occurs if the signals smart(dumb) agents receive are (un)correlated and if agents have reputational concerns. We show thatintroducing costly effort to become informed about project payoffs (i) eliminates herdbehaviour and (ii) shifts...

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