model where a self-interested group is allowed to influence a public decision maker – and possibly the judicial authority …

group of people who make a decision by voting on a proposal. An outside expert who observes the qualities of a proposal … sends a cheap talk message to decision makers with limited information. A simple cheap talk strategy of the expert can be … surprisingly effective in persuading decision makers by polarizing or unifying their opinions. When there is a significant …

We develop a model of strategic information transmission from an expert with informational superiority to decision … persuading decision makers by polarizing or unifying their opinions. After observing the expert's cheap talk message, decision … her own bias. In other words, the expert's cheap talk prevents a voting procedure from aggregating decision makers …

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 report on an experiment that tests for the effects of democratic versus hierarchical rules for joint decision making … decision, which we call the attention responsibility effect …

process has an high probability to reach a final decision. We also better qualify the degree of manipulability of such a final … decision, showing that it is independent not only from the agenda, but also from the initial condition. Therefore we show that …

measure religious organizations power to shape human decision making. We employ an objective measure of voters commitment to …