We study the role of information exchange, leadership and coordination in team or partnership structures. For this … held information on the joint production process. Once individual information is shared, team members decide individually … in this environment such that team members communicate their private information and exert efficient productive efforts …

Economists usually think that rational voters have little incentives to acquire costly information. We present a … information if media technology is available because then they do not condition their informational decisions on being pivotal …-ride. Further, we show how the quality of information depends on the size of the electorate, the prior knowledge of voters and on …

Economists usually think that rational voters have little incentives to acquire costly information. We present a … information if media technology is available because then they do not condition their informational decisions on being pivotal …-ride. Further, we show how the quality of information depends on the size of the electorate, the prior knowledge of voters and on …

estimating risk exposure from cross-section data containing information on the means of financing health payments. We estimate …

similar credentials) on wages. Using a simple model of asymmetric information, I show that RDD estimates the information value … of a diploma. A positive information value arises if employers, unable to observe the test score that determines diploma … information value regardless of whether workers' productivity is solely determined by acquisition of knowledge and skills through …

This paper investigates the strategies of a data broker in selling information to one or to two competing firms that … can price-discriminate consumers. The data broker can strategically choose any segment of the consumer demand (information … broker are maximized when (1) information identifies the consumers with the highest willingness to pay; (2) consumers with a …