Groups Make Better Self-Interested Decisions

By Gary Charness, Matthias Sutter. 2012

372 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: General Decision Sciences, Management Science and Operations Research, Safety Research

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In General Decision Sciences

1. Dominik Schreyer
2. N. Wallmeier
3. Roman M. Sheremeta
4. J. Reade
5. Andreas Roider
6. Carl Singleton
7. Gerd Muehlheusser
8. Subhasish M. Chowdhury

In Management Science and Operations Research

1. Dominik Schreyer
2. Roman M. Sheremeta
3. J. Reade
4. Carl Singleton

In Safety Research

1. Dominik Schreyer
2. N. Wallmeier
3. Roman M. Sheremeta
4. J. Reade
5. Andreas Roider
6. Carl Singleton
7. Gerd Muehlheusser
8. Dan Kovenock

Citations in the corpus

• A Review of Bubbles and Crashes in Experimental Asset Markets (2013, neutral): “See Charness and Sutter (2012) for a discussion of differences in individual and team behavior in economic contexts.”
• Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups Versus Individuals (2015, background): “In fact, there is growing evidence from contexts other than lying that groups often decide markedly different than individuals (for surveys, see Charness and Sutter, 2012; Kugler, Kausel, and Kocher, 2012).”
• Overbidding and Heterogeneous Behavior in Contest Experiments (2013, positive): “It is well documented that groups are better at making decisions that are more in line with game-theoretic predictions than individuals (Charness and Sutter, 2012).”
• Eliminating Supportive Crowds Reduces Referee Bias (2021, background): “There is growing experimental evidence that individuals make different and potentially biased decisions in situations where there is some form of salient group membership (e.g., Charness et al., 2007; Charness and Sutter, 2012).”