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A Model of Management Teams

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Eduardo Ley (Resources for the Future)
Mark F.J. Steel (Tilburg University)

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We present a simple model of management teams where the time it takes to make decisions is related to the size of the committee. We characterize the situations where larger or smaller sizes of the management team are desirable depending on the covariance structure of the signals that the managers observe.

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Date of creation: 21 Mar 1995
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  1. Katzner, Donald W., 1995. "Participatory decision-making in the firm," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 26(2), pages 221-236, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Sah, Raaj Kumar & Stiglitz, Joseph E, 1988. "Committees, Hierarchies and Polyarchies," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 98(391), pages 451-70, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Anne Sibert, 2006. "Central Banking by Committee," DNB Working Papers 091, Netherlands Central Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
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