| Information aggregation and communication in committees. | |
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PMID: 19073484 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In this paper, we attempt to explain the underlying strategic incentives confronting individuals when they must make a collective decision over a set of alternatives and each has information that is decision-relevant for others. A significant literature has emerged in formal political theory over the past several years that focuses on such problems, paying particular attention, first, to the extent to which voting can be expected to aggregate committee members' information and, second, to the role of communication among committee members prior to voting. Inter alia, this literature reveals a surprisingly subtle interaction between the voting rules used to make decisions and the incentives for committee members to share information prior to voting. |
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Authors:
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David Austen-Smith; Timothy J Feddersen |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences Volume: 364 ISSN: 1471-2970 ISO Abbreviation: Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond., B, Biol. Sci. Publication Date: 2009 Mar |
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Created Date: 2009-02-16 Completed Date: 2009-04-10 Revised Date: 2010-03-30 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7503623 Medline TA: Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 763-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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MEDS Department, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. dasm@kellogg.northwestern.edu |
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Committee Membership Decision Making / physiology* Humans Mental Processes / physiology* |
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