Abstract
We analyze committees of voters who take a decision between two options as a two stage process. In a discussion stage, voters share non verifiable information about a private signal concerning what is the best option. In a voting stage, votes are cast and one of the options is implemented. We introduce the possibility of leadership whereby a certain voter, the leader, is more influential than the rest at the discussion stage even though she is not better informed. We study information transmission and find, amongst others, a non-monotonic relation between how influential the leader is and how truthful voters are at discussion stage.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 395-429 |
Journal | The Manchester School |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 22 Jun 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jul 2017 |
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Javier Rivas Ruiz
- Department of Economics - Senior Lecturer
- Economic Theory
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