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The effects of information and competition on racial discrimination: Evidence from a field experiment
Nunley, John M.; Owens, Mark F.; Howard, R. Stephen - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 80 (2011) 3, pp. 670-679
We study racial discrimination by simultaneously selling identical products on eBay in pairs of auctions posted under … products. But price differences only emerge for sellers who have low eBay feedback scores in less competitive markets. Because … increased competition are both effective at reducing discrimination in online auctions. …
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Collective Reputation and the Dynamics of Statistical Discrimination
Kim, Young-Chul; Loury, Glenn - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Economists have developed theoretical models identifying self-fulfilling expectations as an important source of statistical discrimination in labor markets (Arrow, 1973). The static models dominating the literature of statistical discrimination, however, may leave the false impression that a bad...
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Where does racial discrimination occur? An experimental analysis across neighborhood and housing unit characteristics
Hanson, Andrew; Hawley, Zackary - In: Regional Science and Urban Economics 44 (2014) C, pp. 94-106
This paper examines racial discrimination across several neighborhood and housing unit characteristics including racial composition, rent, and distance from the urban core. We find that African Americans face higher rates of discrimination than whites in a wide range of racially mixed...
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Do landlords discriminate in the rental housing market? Evidence from an internet field experiment in US cities
Hanson, Andrew; Hawley, Zackary - In: Journal of Urban Economics 70 (2011) 2, pp. 99-114
This paper tests for racial discrimination in the rental housing market using matched-pair audits conducted via e-mail for rental units advertised on-line. We reveal home-seekers’ race to landlords by sending e-mails from names with a high likelihood of association with either whites or...
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Culture and the Gender Gap in Competitive Inclination: Evidence from the Communist Experiment in China
Zhang, Y. Jane - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Radical communist reforms propelled traditionally secluded Han Chinese women into the labor force but exempted ethnic minorities. Using an economic experiment, this study compares the gender gap in competitive inclination across three ethnic groups in one county. The Han Chinese have no...
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Affirmative Action and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Price, Joseph; Cotton, Christopher; Hickman, Brent R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
The empirical literature on Affirmative Action (AA) in college admissions tends to ignore the effects admissions policies have on incentives of students to invest developing pre-college human capital. We explore the incentive effects of AA using a field experiment that creates a microcosm of the...
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Ethnic discrimination and signals of trustworthiness in an online market: Evidence from two field experiments
Przepiorka, Wojtek - Economics Group, Nuffield College, Department of Economics - 2012
Results from two field experiments which were designed to identify possible ethnic discrimination on a German internet auction platform are discussed. A first set of results is produced by a secondary analysis of an earlier experiment. The second experiment additionally tests whether costly...
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Second-Degree Moral Hazard in a Real-World Credence Goods Market
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 2013
Empirical literature on moral hazard focuses exclusively on the direct impact of asymmetric information on market outcomes, thus ignoring possible repercussions. We present a field experiment in which we consider a phenomenon that we call second-degree moral hazard – the tendency of the supply...
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Second-Degree Moral Hazard in a Real-World Credence Goods Market
Balafoutas, Loukas; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Sutter, Matthias - Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für … - 2013
Empirical literature on moral hazard focuses exclusively on the direct impact of asymmetric information on market outcomes, thus ignoring possible repercussions. We present a field experiment in which we consider a phenomenon that we call second-degree moral hazard - the tendency of the supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010839578
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Know Thyself: Incompetence and Overconfidence
Ferraro, Paul J. - The Field Experiments Website - 2005
Economic analyses of asymmetric information typically start with the assumption that individuals know more about their own characteristics than outside observers. This assumption implies that individuals can accurately assess their own competence in a given domain. However, individuals can only...
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