6 With regard to the first issue, she points out that the free-riding problem can occur, for example, in gathering information and that larger committees are more likely to encounter this problem than smaller committees.
However, I do not believe that the free-riding problem is likely to emerge in decisionmaking in committees based on my experience at the Bank, where each member participates in the decisionmaking autonomously and independently. With regard to the issue of group polarization, biased group membership and heated deliberations make the views of individual members less moderate or more extreme.