Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/312085 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 11575
Publisher: 
CESifo GmbH, Munich
Abstract: 
Using a series of controlled laboratory experiments involving decisions to intervene in others' choice opportunities; we find that groups grant more autonomy to others than individuals. This finding is robust across two decision contexts, one involving individual decision-making (Internality) and one involving social decision-making (Externality). Analyses of the group chat logs and two additional experiments show that participants tend to shy away from proposing interventions in social contexts, even when they intervene individually. We conclude that interventions differ systematically between individual and social contexts, and that transferring decision-making power to groups can lead to a "liberal shift".
Subjects: 
teams
decision making
autonomy
interventions
experiment
JEL: 
C92
D70
D91
M21
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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