Voting and Contributing When the Group Is Watching
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Abstract
Members of groups and organizations often have to decide on rules that regulate their contributions to common tasks. They typically differ in their propensity to contribute and often care about the image they project; in particular, they want to be perceived by other group members as being high contributors. In such environments we study the interaction between how members vote on rules and their subsequent contribution decisions. We show that making contributions visible affects the calculus of reputation and the voting decisions, and can be welfare decreasing as it makes some rules more likely to be rejected.Citation
Henry, Emeric, and Charles Louis-Sidois. 2020. "Voting and Contributing When the Group Is Watching." American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 12 (3): 246-76. DOI: 10.1257/mic.20180299Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D71 Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
- D72 Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
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