Naively present-biased agents are known to be severe procrastinators. In team settings, procrastination can represent a … form of free-riding that, in excess, may jeopardize a team's ability to meet a deadline. Despite their reputations, we show … how naivete and present bias can, in the right task environment, be desirable traits in a teammate that enable a team to …

Naively present-biased agents are known to be severe procrastinators. In team settings, procrastination can represent a … form of free-riding that, in excess, can jeopardize a team's ability to meet a deadline. Here we show how naivete and … present bias, despite their reputations, can be desirable traits in a teammate, enabling a team to optimize its performance …

confirmed in a real effort experiment. -- Team ; transparency ; peer pressure ; free-riding ; incentives ; inequity aversion …