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In polarized committees, majority voting disenfranchises the minority. Allowing voters to spend freely a fixed budget of votes over multiple issues restores some minority power. However, it also creates a complex strategic scenario: a hide-and-seek game between majority and minority voters that...
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We develop a dynamic model of board decision-making. We show that a board could retain a policy all directors agree is …
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. In this paper, we explore the consequences of improved prediction in decision-making. To do so, we adapt existing models … of decision-making under uncertainty to account for the process of determining payoffs. We label this process of … on whether the improvements in prediction enable automated decision-making. We discuss the implications of improved …
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In an earlier paper (Blinder and Morgan, 2005), we created an experimental apparatus in which Princeton University students acted as ersatz central bankers, making monetary policy decisions both as individuals and in groups. In this study, we manipulate the size and leadership structure of...
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A central feature of dynamic collective decision-making is that the rules that govern the procedures for future … decision-making and the distribution of political power across players are determined by current decisions. For example … dynamic collective decision-making: (1) a social arrangement is made stable by the instability of alternative arrangements …
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In setting prices for physician services, Medicare solicits input from a committee that evaluates proposals from industry. We investigate whether this arrangement leads to prices biased toward the interests of committee members. We find that increasing a measure of affiliation between the...
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perspective, it may be desirable to allocate decision rights to the inefficient agent …
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decision about how to manage a common asset. How should this be done? We examine two methods: an 'Economics' approach that …
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.js?config=AM_HTMLorMML-full"></script>We study a flexible dynamic savings game in continuous time, where decision makers rotate in and out of power. These agents …
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the social psychology literature on group decision-making …
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