In this paper I analyze how careerist decision makers aggregate and use information provided by others I find that decision makers who are motivated by reputation concerns tend to 'anti-herding', i.e., they excessively contradict public information su ch as the prior or others' recommendations. I also find that some decision makers may deliberately act unilaterally and not consult advisers although advice is costless. Moreover, advisers to the decision maker may not report their information truthfully . Even if the advisers care only about the outcome, they bias their recommendation since they anticipate inefficient anti-herding behavior by the decision maker.
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