Information Provision

As groups grow in size, they face new inefficiencies that affect their capacity to handle information. Groups often cope by adopting hierarchy institutions that help organize information from the top down, but individual actors may also try to correct inefficient flow of information from the bottom up.

Disclosures of corporate sustainability information are critical to effective environmental governance and regulation. However, firms face incentives misaligned between profit maximization and social responsibility, posing challenges for governments aiming to compel compliance with disclosure obligations.

How do individuals self-organize information provision in a community without centralized leadership? Protesters involved in the 2019 …