We study a model of collective decision making with endogenous information collection.Agents collect information about … decision is made. The reason for this result is that communicationmay aggravate the free-rider problem associated with …

We study a model of collective decision making with endogenous information collection. Agents collect information about … that a correct decision is made. The reason for this result is that communication may aggravate the free-rider problem …

We study two aspects of globalization. It allows a decision-maker to go beyond his own local experience and to learn … from other decision-makers in addressing common problems. This improves the identification and diffusion of best practices …. It also provides extra information to `markets' that evaluate decision-makers: comparisons become possible. We identify …

This paper is concerned with the role of committees in collective decision-makingprocesses in a world where agents must … be motivated to collect information. Committees improvethe quality of decision-making by providing information and by … preferences of the committeemembers should be aligned to those of the decision maker. Members with similar preferences asthe …