TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Muehlheusser, Gerd
AU  - Roider, Andreas
        TI  - Black Sheep and Walls of Silence
        PY  - 2004/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1171
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1171
        AB  - 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
        KW  - asymmetric information
KW  - teams
KW  - misbehavior
KW  - wall of silence
        ER  -