Reporting Sexual Misconduct in the #MeToo Era

@article{Cheng2019ReportingSM,
  title={Reporting Sexual Misconduct in the \#MeToo Era},
  author={Ing-Haw Cheng and Alice Hsiaw},
  journal={Law \& Society: Private Law - Labor \& Employment Law eJournal},
  year={2019}
}
What deters individuals from reporting sexual misconduct, and what are the effects of #MeToo for reporting? We show that individuals under-report sexual misconduct if and only if a manager’s misconduct is widespread. The reason is that individuals face strategic uncertainty over whether others will also report misconduct and corroborate a pattern of behavior. We apply our model to study a manager’s decision to mentor subordinates, the coordinating effect of raising public awareness of… 
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