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 …

We examine the effects of leading by example in voluntary contributionexperiments. Leadership is implemented by letting …

Leadership is important for the well-functioning of organizations. Weexamine the effects of leadership on contributions … in public goods experiments.Leadership by example is implemented by letting one groupmember contribute to the public good …, especially so when it goes along with authority,which we implement by granting the leader ostracism power.Whether leadership is …

We study the effects of leadership on the private provision of a public good when group members are heterogeneously … endowed. Leadership is implemented as a sequential public goods game where one group member contributes first and all the … of homogeneous endowments. Leadership is almost ineffective, though, if subjects do not know the distribution of …