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Buy-it-now prices in eBay auctions : the field in the lab
Grebe, Tim; Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kröger, Sabine - 2010
trade. Those auctions come in a variety of different formats, such as the Buy-It-Now auction format on eBay, that allows … sellers to post prices at which buyers can purchase a good prior to the auction. Even though, buyer behavior is well studied … auction market (the eBay platform and eBay traders) with the techniques of lab experiments. We find a striking link between …
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Bidding to give in the field : door-to-door fundraisers had it right from the start
Onderstal, Sander; Schram, Arthur J. C.; Soetevent, … - 2011
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 …
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Premium auctions in the field
Onderstal, Sander - 2017
In a field experiment, we study the revenue-generating properties of premium auctions. In a premium auction, the runner … that the relative performance of premium auctions compared to standard auction formats is context-specific. In the … experiment, we compare two types of premium auctions with the standard Vickrey auction selling high-quality, limited …
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The causal effect of private and organizational climate-related identity on climate protection activities : evidence from a framed field experiment in Japan
Arimura, Toshihide; Groh, Elke D.; Nakai, Miwa; … - 2022
Based on data for more than 2,400 citizens in Japan, this paper empirically examines the effect of climate-related identity in private and organizational contexts on revealed climate protec-tion activities, measured through incentivized donations. To identify causal effects, we include the...
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Cyber-Shilling in Automobile Auctions : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Grether, David M. - 2017
price. Using two diverse auction sites, one in New York and one in Texas, we find that buyer and seller behavior differs …
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Affirmative action and human capital investment : theory and evidence from a randomized field experiment
Cotton, Christopher; Hickman, Brent R.; Price, Joseph - 2015 - Current version: September 2015
Pre-College human capital investment occurs within a competitive environment and depends on market incentives created by Affirmative Action (AA) in college admissions. These policies affect mechanisms for rank-order allocation of college seats, and alter the relative competition between blacks...
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A Test of the Revenue Equivalence Theorem Using Field Experiments on Ebay
Hossain, Tanjim; Morgan, John - 2005
auctions were for video games for Microsoft's Xbox gaming console. The revenue equivalence theorem states that any auction form … to the auction or revenues as a function of how the effective reserve is allocated between opening bid and shipping …
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Lab experiments are a major source of knowledge in the social sciences
Falk, Armin; Heckman, James J. - 2009
Laboratory experiments are a widely used methodology for advancing causal knowledge in the physical and life sciences. With the exception of psychology, the adoption of laboratory experiments has been much slower in the social sciences, although during the last two decades, the use of lab...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899889
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Lab experiments are a major source of knowledge in the social sciences
Falk, Armin; Heckman, James J. - 2009
Laboratory experiments are a widely used methodology for advancing causal knowledge in the physical and life sciences. With the exception of psychology, the adoption of laboratory experiments has been much slower in the social sciences, although during the last two decades, the use of lab...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909477
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Lab experiments are a major source of knowledge in the social sciences
Falk, Armin; Heckman, James J. - 2009
Laboratory experiments are a widely used methodology for advancing causal knowledge in the physical and life sciences. With the exception of psychology, the adoption of laboratory experiments has been much slower in the social sciences, although during the last two decades, the use of lab...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923537