Our study compares individual and team bidding in standard auction formats: first-price, second-price and ascending …

While most papers_new on team decision-making find teams to behave more selfish, less trusting and less altruistic than …-subjects design we re-examine group polarization by letting subjects make individual as well as team decisions in an experimental … dictator game. In our experiment teams are more selfish than individuals, and the most selfish team member has the strongest …

We use a laboratory experiment to examine whether and to what extent other-regarding preferences of team leaders … selfishness are more likely to exercise an autocratic leadership style by ignoring preferences of the other team members. Yet … assigned leaders to use a democratic leadership style by reaching team consensus. Male leaders and leaders influenced by group …

We analyze linear, weakest-link and best-shot public goods games in which a distinguished team member, the team … allocator, has property rights over the benefits from the public good and can distribute them among team members. These team … exist in work teams. Our results show that the introduction of a team allocator leads to pronounced cooperation in both …

We analyze linear, weakest-link and best-shot public goods games in which a distinguished team member, the team … allocator, has property rights over the benefits from the public good and can distribute them among team members. These team … exist in work teams. Our results show that the introduction of a team allocator leads to pronounced cooperation in both …