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We correlate competitive bidding and profits in symmetric independent private value first-price auctions with salivary testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, and cortisol in more than 200 subjects. Bids are significantly positively correlated and profits are significantly negatively correlated...
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with salivary progesterone when controlling for gender, the use of hormonal contraceptives, and demographics. This also … ; Gender ; Competition ; Aggression ; Dominance ; Risk-taking ; Endocrinological economics …
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menus. Applications involve using inferred risk preferences to document demographic effects, e.g. gender, and to explain the …
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This paper analyzes the trade of an indivisible good within a two-stage mechanism, where a seller first negotiates with one potential buyer about the price of the good. If the negotiation fails to produce a sale, a second 'price sealed' bid auction with an additional buyer is conducted. The...
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In eBay s Buy-it-Now auctions sellers can post prices at which buyers can purchase a good prior to an auction. We study how sellers set Buy-it-Now prices when buyers have independent private values for a single object for sale. We test the predictions of a model by combining the real auction...
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In this paper we use an experiment to compare a theory of risk aversion and a theory of spite as an explanation for …
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Gender differences in voting patterns and political attitudes towards redistribution are well-documented. The … experimental gender literature suggests several plausible behavioral explanations behind these differences, relating to gender … gender difference in average chosen tax rates in the performance conditions. We find that this gender difference is mainly …
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consequence social norms gradually changed again. In our experiment we investigate gender differences in competitive choices …In the laboratory experiment reported in this paper we explore how evolving institutions and social norms, which we … norms, including the promotion of gender equality in place of the Confucian view of female 'inferiority'. Market …
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In a within-subjects experiment we test the relation of risk preferences and charitable giving. Women not only give … findings of gender differences in charitable giving may be explained by risk-tolerant women donating more. …
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studies also document gender differences in a variety of important preference dimensions, such as risk-taking, competition and … preferences requires an improved understanding. We conduct an experiment in which individuals in small laboratory "societies … and that this difference persists with experience and in environments with varying degrees of risk. This gender voting gap …
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