کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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883556 | 1471667 | 2013 | 16 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• We conduct an experiment to investigate whether rotation in voting improves a committee's performance.
• We also look at the extent to which rotation critically influences collective and individual welfare.
• We find that smaller committees are more efficient than larger ones: decisions are made faster and fewer decisions are blocked.
• Rotation in voting induces less frustration among committee members.
• The choice of a rotation scheme has important consequences: voting committee members earn significantly more than nonvoting members.
We conduct an experiment to investigate (i) whether rotation in voting improves a committee's performance, and (ii) the extent to which rotation critically influences collective and individual welfare. The experiment is based on the idea that voters have to trade-off between individual and common interests. Our findings indicate that the choice of rotation scheme has important consequences: it ‘pays tm) to be allowed to vote, as voting committee members earn significantly more than non-voting members. Hence, rotation is not neutral. We also find that smaller committees decide faster and reach a deadlock less often. This reduces reported frustration among committee members.
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization - Volume 96, December 2013, Pages 32–47