We empirically study the determinants of intra-household decision power with respect to economic and financial choices …'s characteristics in terms of age, education, and income. The main conclusion is that decision-making power over family economics is not … time. -- family economics ; intra-household decision power ; gender differences …

This paper develops a theory of the allocation of authority between two parties that produce impure public goods. We …

. Besides making choices, decision makers have to state their first- and second-order beliefs. We find that teams play the Nash … only 40% for individuals. -- Strategic sophistication ; beliefs ; experiment ; team decision making ; individual decision …

individually and keep the decision-making power. Our model predicts a trade-off between information acquisition and information …We study the choice of a principal to either delegate a decision to a group of careerist experts, or to consult them … confirm the predicted trade-off, despite some deviations from theory on the individual level. …

vote independently of each other. Thus, we receive as an empirical result what the previous voting power literature assumed. …

given party ideological predispositions and power distribution determine the expected policy outcome. Our analysis applies … that determines the final decision in the legislature. Our first result clarifies how the success of an interest group … weighted by power. Our second result clarifies how the success of an interest group hinges on the dominance of its ideology in …