Teams are becoming increasingly important in work settings. We develop a framework to study the strategic implications of a meritocratic notion of desert under which team members care about receiving what they feel they deserve. Team members find it painful to receive less than their perceived...

We obtain laboratory evidence that suggests that (i) promisors are more likely to keep promises the more they were relied upon by a promisee; (ii) this effect is anticipated by promisees, who accordingly strategically overinvest to lock promisors into keeping their promises (“psychological...

I analyze a game-theoretic model of judicial decisionmaking in which judges are concerned both about promoting substantive policy outcomes and developing a reputation for being ideologically neutral. I argue that judges may be motivated to develop such a reputation either because they are...

Teams are becoming increasingly important in work settings. We develop a framework to study the strategic implications of a meritocratic notion of desert under which team members care about receiving what they feel they deserve. Team members find it painful to receive less than their perceived...