We study two aspects of globalization. It allows a decision-maker to go beyond his own local experience and to learn … from other decision-makers in addressing common problems. This improves the identification and diffusion of best practices …. It also provides extra information to 'markets' that evaluate decision-makers: comparisons become possible. We identify …

We study how participation in decision processes shapes people's behavior towards impartial authorities. In an … incentivized laboratory experiment, an impartial decision maker at first decides about the allocation of money between two … decision is made ("voice"). We elicit the subordinate's attitude towards the impartial decision maker in a subsequent dictator …

We study decision rules for committees that repeatedly take a binary decision. Committee members are privately informed … structure of repeated decision-making allows for richer decision rules that overcome this inefficiency by making use of …