investigate several puzzles from the recent auctions literature. Our results suggest that: (1) the reputation of an artist and the …) there is strong evidence in our data for the declining price anomaly, or "afternoon effect". -- Art auctions ; masterpiece …

This paper assesses the effects of changes in scoring weights in auctions, using a unique sample of biddings of private … scoring weights of the quality items result in higher price bids, particularly of WTW-firms that are bidding for the first … methodology item to contribute to the job placement of workers. -- scoring auctions ; welfare-to-work …

We study experimentally the effect of bargaining power in two sequential mechanisms that offer the possibility to trade …

affect labour markets in the EU, namely i) trade, ii) foreign direct investment, and iii) migration. A main conclusion of the … study is that trade and capital movements are very unlikely to lead to an equalisation of factor prices. Thus, strong …

paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending … consequences of the slave trade on the "receiving" countries in the Americas. Here I distinguish between the case of Latin America …

This paper contributes to the debate on the effects of trade versus technological change on wage differentials. We … product markets have become increasingly integrated. Moreover, it can explain why the volume of trade between developed and …

international trade increasing competition and therefore the price elasticity of product demand, exporters are predicted to have …

played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …