punishment option and compare it to the behavior of individuals in a laboratory experiment. We also consider different team … investigates team decisions in different settings. We study team decisions in a public goods contribution game with a costly …, regardless of the team decision rule. Overall, teams yield higher payoffs than individuals. …

We analyze linear, weakest-link and best-shot public goods games in which a distinguished team member, the team … allocator, has property rights over the benefits from the public good and can distribute them among team members. These team … exist in work teams. Our results show that the introduction of a team allocator leads to pronounced cooperation in both …

We analyze linear, weakest-link and best-shot public goods games in which a distinguished team member, the team … allocator, has property rights over the benefits from the public good and can distribute them among team members. These team … exist in work teams. Our results show that the introduction of a team allocator leads to pronounced cooperation in both …