Polborn, Mattias K.; Willmann, Gerald - In: Canadian Journal of Economics 42 (2009) 4, pp. 1527-1546
We analyze the optimal timing problem of an agenda setter who can propose a project that is then voted on by a committee. The payoff consists of a common stochastic component and an idiosyncratic component that differs among committee members. The agenda setter may be biased for or against the...