The first shall be last: Serial position effects in the case contestants evaluate each other

We analyze competitions where the contestants evaluate each other and find the first contestant to be disadvantaged. We suspect that this is due to information diffusion, Bayesian belief updating taking place in course of the contest and initial uncertainty about a contestant's relative quality.Serial Position Effects, Ordering Effects

To lead or not to lead: Endogenous sequencing in public goods games

We compare the influence of endogenous leadership on group's contributions in a public goods game with an exogenously appointed leader and find that groups with voluntary leaders outperform groups with involuntary leaders. The decision to contribute last does not undermine cooperation.Public goods Leadership Endogenous Sequencing Experiment