%0 Report
        %A Muehlheusser, Gerd
%A Roider, Andreas
        %T Black Sheep and Walls of Silence
        %D 2004
        %8 2004 Jun
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 1171
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1171
        %X In this paper we analyze the frequently observed phenomenon that (i) some members of a
team ("black sheep") exhibit behavior disliked by other (honest) team members, who (ii)
nevertheless refrain from reporting such misbehavior to the authorities (they set up a "wall of
silence"). Much cited examples include hospitals and police departments. In this paper, these
features arise in equilibrium. An important ingredient of our model are benefits that agents
receive when cooperating with each other in a team. Our results suggest that asymmetric
teams where these benefits vary
        %K asymmetric information
%K teams
%K misbehavior
%K wall of silence