. We approached about 4500 households, each participating in either an all-pay auction, a lottery, a non …-pay auction and the lottery. Although the all-pay auction is the superior fundraising mechanism both in theory and in the … anomaly. First, participation in the all-pay auction is substantially lower than in the other mechanisms while the average …

This paper reports the results of an experimental wine auction. Participants of the experiment were randomly assigned …

approached about 4500 households, each participating in an all-pay auction, a lottery, a non-anonymous voluntary contribution … mechanism (VCM), or an anonymous VCM. In contrast to the VCMs, households in the all-pay auction and the lottery competed for a … prize. Although the all-pay auction is the superior fundraising mechanism both in theory and in the laboratory, it did not …

approached about 4500 households, each participating in an all-pay auction, a lottery, a non-anonymous voluntary contribution … mechanism (VCM), or an anonymous VCM. In contrast to the VCMs, households in the all-pay auction and the lottery competed for a … prize. Although the all-pay auction is the superior fundraising mechanism both in theory and in the laboratory, it did not …

approached about 4500 households, each participating in either an all-pay auction, a lottery, a non-anonymous voluntary … contribution mechanism (VCM), or an anonymous VCM. In contrast to the VCMs, households competed for a prize in the all-pay auction … and the lottery. Although the all-pay auction is the superior fundraising mechanism both in theory and in the laboratory …

empirically, about the properties of charity auctions. The small theoretical literature suggests that the all-pay auction should … by the first price auction. Our design also allows us to identify differential participation as the source of the …

in predicting whether or not an artwork sells at auction, (3) there is little supporting evidence for the widespread …