Committee decision making is examined in this study focusing on the role assigned to the committee members. In … the decision makers. …

The rational-voter model is often criticized on the grounds that two of its central predictions (the paradox of voting … main theoretical predictions: sincere voting is a predominant strategy under aggregate uncertainty, whereas without …

evaluation of the decision-maker's capabilities and the selection of the appropriate aggregation rule. The major and so far …In certain judgmental situations where a correct decision is presumed to exist, optimal decision making requires … unresolved difficulty is the former necessity. This paper presents the optimal aggregation rule that simultaneously satisfies …

decision to take this responsibility in a group is endogenous in many contexts. In this paper, we experimentally study: (1) the … lower fraction of women being willing to make the group decision than men. The amount of risk taken for the group is … like to make the group decision and the women that do not are no different in terms of how much risk they take for …

genders might interpret the social norms in group decision-making differently. …

informed than others. We develop a model where the voting mistakes resulting from low political knowledge reduce the weight of …. In US election survey data, we find that income is more important in affecting voting behavior for more informed voters …

interest in those parameters, voting patterns suggest significant influence of cooperative orientation, political attitudes …