We study the effects of leadership in the provision of public goods by examining (i) the relative importance of reward … and punishment as leadership devices, (ii) whether endogenous leadership is more efficient than exogenously enforced … leadership, and (iii) whether leaders contributing last, instead of first, also increase contributions. The experimental results …

influence their leadership style in choice under risk. We find that leaders who prefer efficiency or report high levels of … selfishness are more likely to exercise an autocratic leadership style by ignoring preferences of the other team members. Yet …, inequity aversion has no significant impact on leadership styles. Elected leaders have a higher propensity than exogenously …