testable predictions. We test these in a laboratory experiment and find that observed election outcomes and vote shares are … endorser's bias is nonmonotonic; i.e., ex ante, a candidate's winning probability will first increase and then decrease as the … endorser becomes more biased towards her. Voter turnout is much less responsive to the bias than predicted. We argue that …

for noisier performance measures. We conduct a real effort laboratory experiment and find that effort levels are invariant …

for noisier performance measures. We conduct a real effort laboratory experiment and find that effort levels are invariant …

This paper reports the results of an individual real effort laboratory experiment where subjects are paid for measured …

threat of terminating them from the team (Alchian and Demsetz, 1972). We extend a standard weakest link experiment with a …

threat of terminating them from the team (Alchian and Demsetz, 1972). We extend a standard weakest link experiment with a …

supports the idea that markets have the potential to mitigate a bias. However, the market is not needed: our anchoring …