endogenous choice, groups typically vote for the reward option, even though punishment is actually more effective in sustaining …

Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

studies the role of the hierarchy design for the speed and quality of a collective decision process. The hierarchy is … decision. Each manager benefits from reaching an accurate decision but suffers from an individual cost of effort, which has to …-level) hierarchy, proposed by Radner. Skip-level reporting outperforms balanced hierarchies in terms of decision speed and in terms of …

A group of P identical managers has to make a choice between N alternatives. They benefit from reaching the decision … respect to decision quality: two strictly balanced hierarchies and the fastest hierarchy, which is the skip-level reporting … speed and cost but also in terms of decision quality. …

the process of decision-making that starts with sensory perception and ends in action selection. The brain sets a neuronal … for the hypothesis that emotions help decision-making. Last, we discuss the implications for choices in concrete vs …

This Paper examines the optimal structure of management when a decision-maker must have a mass of information processed … before making a decision. They can either delegate processing tasks inside their own organization, in which case they retain … delegation, and provide novel microfoundations for the make-or-buy decision. We outline precise conditions under which giving up …