01236nam a2200133Ia 4500008004100000100002500041245007500066260000900141300001300150520087200163650001901035650001501054773003301069181130s2018    xx            000 0 und d  aBouwman, Robin et al  aAccountability and coalitions:bevidence from a negotiation experiment  c2018  ap.37-47.  aThis article tests the effect of accountability on negotiation outcomes in a face?to?face classroom experiment. Student participants were asked to form coalitions in groups of three. In the treatment condition, negotiators were held accountable by a personal forum during the formation of the coalition. In the control condition, negotiators were not held accountable. Results show that accountability leads to lower group performance in coalition negotiations. Accountability also reduced the willingness of negotiators to include all negotiators in a �grand coalition.� Rather, accountable negotiators reached agreement with a subset of negotiators. Accountability increased the odds of reaching no agreement. These findings challenge the idea of increased performance as a result of public accountability in the context of coalition negotiations. - Reproduced.  aAccountability  aCoalitions  aPublic Administration Review