committees to show a united front. These results hold irrespective of whether information can be manipulated or not. Also …

Some committees are made up of experts, persons interested in both the (subject) matter at hand and in coming across as … able decision-makers. Such committees would like to conceal disagreement from the public. We present a theory that …

We provide an explanation for why committees may behave over-cautiously. A committee of experts makes a decision on a … aggregation fails in large committees: under any majority rule, the committee rejects the innovation almost surely. …

Some committees convene behind closed doors while others publicly discuss issues and make their decisions. This paper … committees benefits from voting insincerely accrue not only when a decision maker's vote is pivotal. As the number of voters …

Theory predicts that committees of experts may take decisions that look good but are bad and that they show a united … front to impress evaluators. Although evaluators see through this behavior, committees persist in it only to avoid worse … of committees, words speak louder than costly decisions. Evaluators pick this up. Orthogonality tests show that …

This paper studies the assignment of decision makers to two committees that make decisions by a simple majority rule …. Surprisingly, even with the symmetric assumptions in the spirit of Condorcet, a symmetric composition of committees is not always … committees. However, in the special case of only two skill levels, it is optimal to compose the committees evenly. …

This paper studies the assignment of decision makers to two committees that make decisions by a simple majority rule …. Surprisingly, even with the symmetric assumptions in the spirit of Condorcet, a symmetric composition of committees is not always … committees. However, in the special case of only two skill levels, it is optimal to compose the committees evenly. …

volunteers have been utilized in Extension for over 50 years, serving on program area committees to develop programs that meet … program area committees. However, 42 percent of the respondents disagreed or remained neutral to subject matter specialists … education as a motivational factor for serving on the Ag/NR committees. Committee members feel strongly about assisting with …