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Buy-It-Now prices in eBay Auctions - The Field in the Lab
Grebe, Tim; Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kröger, Sabine - 2010
the information about agents provided by the eBay market institution and their behavior. Information about buyers is … correlated with their deviation from true value bidding. Sellers respond strategically to this information when deciding on their … Buy-It-Now prices. Thus, our results highlight potential economic consequences of information publicly available in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333716
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Buy-it-now prices in eBay auctions : the field in the lab
Grebe, Tim; Ivanova-Stenzel, Radosveta; Kröger, Sabine - 2010
the information about agents provided by the eBay market institution and their behavior. Information about buyers is … correlated with their deviation from true value bidding. Sellers respond strategically to this information when deciding on their … Buy-It-Now prices. Thus, our results highlight potential economic consequences of information publicly available in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003935655
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Deterrence works for criminals
Khadjavi, Menusch - 2014
study employs an extra-laboratory experiment in a German prison to test the effectiveness of deterrence. Subjects either …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010384339
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Sabotage in Tournaments : Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment
Harbring, Christine - 2009
Although relative performance schemes are pervasive in organizations reliable empirical data on induced sabotage behavior is almost non-existent. We study sabotage in tournaments in a controlled laboratory experiment and are able to confirm one of the key insights from theory: effort and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158876
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A Field Experiment on Using Messaging and Virtual Rewards to Increase User Participation on NanoHUB.org
Samek, Anya; Klimeck, Gerhard - 2015
We conducted an experiment with 30,000 users of a virtual nanotechnology facility, nanoHUB.org. We investigate the effect of virtual points and message framing on user participation in a survey. In one treatment, users receive points for completing the survey. In another treatment, users are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014152451
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A Field Experiment on the Impact of Incentives on Milk Choice in the Lunchroom
List, John A.; Samek, Anya - 2015
Almost a third of US children ages 2-19 are deemed overweight or obese, and part of the problem is the habitual decision to consume high calorie, low nutrient foods. We propose that the school lunchroom provides a ‘teachable moment’ to engage children in making healthful choices. We conduct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014138548
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What Do We Learn from Public Good Games About Voluntary Climate Action? Evidence from an Artefactual Field Experiment
Goeschl, Timo - 2015
Evidence from public good game experiments holds the promise of instructive and cost-effective insights to inform environmental policy-making, for example on climate change mitigation. To fulfill the promise, such evidence needs to demonstrate generalizability to the specific policy context....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013020859
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On the cultural basis of gender differences in negotiation
Andersen, Steffen; Ertac, Seda; Genîzî, Ûrî; List, … - In: Experimental economics : a journal of the Economic … 21 (2018) 4, pp. 757-778
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Gender differences in bargaining outcomes : a field experiment on discrimination
Castillo, Marco; Petrie, Ragan; Torero, Máximo; … - In: Journal of public economics 99 (2013), pp. 35-48
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721358
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Hidden persuaders : do small gifts lubricate business negotiations?
Maréchal, Michel André; Thöni, Christian - 2016
Gift-giving customs are ubiquitous in social, political, and business life. Legal regulation and industry guidelines for gifts are often based on the assumption that large gifts have the potential to influence behavior and create conflicts of interest, but small gifts do not. However, scientific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458640