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Charity Auctions : A Field Experimental Investigation
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Holmes, Jessica; Matthews, Peter Hans - 2004
empirically, about the properties of charity auctions. The small theoretical literature suggests that the all-pay auction should … price or all-pay raises the most money. Our experiment suggests that both the all-pay and second price formats are dominated … by the first price auction. Our design also allows us to identify differential participation as the source of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271934
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Shutdown contests in multi-plant firms and governmental intervention
Kräkel, Matthias - 2010
When a multi-plant firm must close one unit due to declining demand it can choose between two alternatives. On the one hand, the firm can announce a certain span of time in which the plants are evaluated according to relative performance with the least performing plant being shut down in the end...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269831
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Costless discrimination and unequal achievements in a labour market experiment
Filippin, Antonio; Guala, Francesco - 2011
We investigate the emergence of discrimination in an experiment where individuals affiliated to different groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282262
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Paintings and numbers: an econometric investigation of sales rates, prices and returns in Latin American art auctions
Campos, Nauro F.; Leite Barbosa, Renate - 2008
in predicting whether or not an artwork sells at auction, (3) there is little supporting evidence for the widespread …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268627
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The impact of scoring weights on price and quality outcomes: An application to the procurement of welfare-to-work contracts
Koning, Pierre; van de Meerendonk, Arthur - 2012
This paper assesses the effects of changes in scoring weights in auctions, using a unique sample of biddings of private Welfare-to-Work (WTW) organizations to reintegrate groups of unemployed and disabled workers. WTW-organizations did not only bid on prices, but also received points for three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291354
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Charity Auctions: A Field Experimental Investigation
Carpenter, Jeffrey; Holmes, Jessica; Matthews, Peter Hans - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
empirically, about the properties of charity auctions. The small theoretical literature suggests that the all-pay auction should … price or all-pay raises the most money. Our experiment suggests that both the all-pay and second price formats are dominated … by the first price auction. Our design also allows us to identify differential participation as the source of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762357
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Shutdown Contests in Multi-Plant Firms and Governmental Intervention
Kräkel, Matthias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
When a multi-plant firm must close one unit due to declining demand it can choose between two alternatives. On the one hand, the firm can announce a certain span of time in which the plants are evaluated according to relative performance with the least performing plant being shut down in the end...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008547892
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Can Job Competition Prevent Hold-Ups?
Jansen, Marcel - 2004
that never yield an efficient allocation. Moreover, our results extend the efficiency of auction mechanisms to an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261761
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Job search with bidder memories
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Menzio, Guido; Smith, Eric - 2009
This paper revisits the no-recall assumption in job search models with take-it-or-leave-it offers. Workers who can recall previously encountered potential employers in order to engage them in Bertrand bidding have a distinct advantage over workers without such attachments. Firms account for this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269602
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Redistributive politics and market efficiency: an experimental study
Großer, Jens; Reuben, Ernesto - 2009
democracy, subjects first earn their income by trading in a double auction market and thereafter vote on redistributive policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269668