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Homosexuality's signalling function in job candidate screening: why gay is (mostly) OK
Sterkens, Philippe; Dalle, Axana; Wuyts, Joey; Pauwels, Ines - 2022
genuine recruiters, for which we test systematically-selected perceptions theoretically associated with homosexual job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198641
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"Buy-It-Now" or "Sell-It-Now" auctions : effects of changing bargaining power in sequential trading mechanisms
Grebe, Tim; Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kröger, Sabine - 2015
We study experimentally the effect of bargaining power in two sequential mechanisms that offer the possibility to trade … at a fixed price before an auction. In the "Buy-It-Now" format, the seller has the bargaining power and offers a price … effects of bargaining power on aggregate outcomes. There is, however, substantial heterogeneity within sellers. Sellers who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407823
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Unique equilibrium in contests with incomplete information
Ewerhart, Christian; Quartieri, Federico - 2013
unique pure-strategy Nash equilibrium in rent-seeking games of complete information. In this paper, we generalize their … results to contests with incomplete informa tion. Two assumptions are imposed on the information structure. First, the players …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010208517
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Can contracts signal social norms? : experimental evidence
Danilov, Anastasia; Sliwka, Dirk - 2013
of other agents and thus have more information about "norms of behavior". Compared to a setting with uninformed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765609
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An externality-robust auction : theory and experimental evidence
Bartling, Björn; Netzer, Nick - 2014 - This version: April 2014
(ERA) is a first-price auction in which truthful bidding is encouraged by bonus payments. We test the robustness property …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360336
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Procedures for eliciting time preferences
Freeman, David; Manzini, Paola; Mariotti, Marco; … - 2016
We study three procedures to elicit attitudes towards delayed payments: the Becker-DeGroot-Marschak procedure; the second price auction; and the multiple price list. The payment mechanisms associated with these methods are widely considered as incentive compatible, thus if preferences satisfy...
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Does the absence of human sellers bias bidding behavior in auction experiments?
Bartling, Björn; Gesche, Tobias; Netzer, Nick - 2016
spite extends to the seller. We experimentally test the model predictions by exogenously varying the presence of human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456510
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An externality-robust auction : theory and experimental evidence
Bartling, Björn; Netzer, Nick - 2016 - Revised version
Behavioral robustness is essential in mechanism design. Existing papers focus on robustness as captured by dominant strategies. This paper studies the novel concept of externality-robustness, which addresses players' motives to affect other players' monetary payoffs. One example is externalities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011471404
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An externality-robust auction : theory and experimental evidence
Bartling, Björn; Netzer, Nick - 2015 - Revised version, November 2015
Behavioral robustness is essential in mechanism design. Existing papers focus on robustness as captured by dominant strategies. This paper studies the novel concept of externality-robustness, which addresses players' motives to affect other players' monetary payoffs. One example is externalities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011389576
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Costly mistakes: why and when spelling errors in resumes jeopardise interview chances
Sterkens, Philippe; Caers, Ralf; Couck, Marijke de; … - 2021
Earlier research has associated spelling errors in resumes with reduced hiring chances. However, the analysis of hiring penalties due to spelling errors has thus far been restricted to white-collar occupations and relatively high numbers of errors per resume. Moreover, the mechanisms underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012601055