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Menstrual cycle and competitive bidding
Pearson, Matthew; Schipper, Burkhard - 2009 - Rev.
collected information on the female participants' menstrual cycles. We find that women bid significantly higher than men in … ; menstrual cycle ; gender ; likelihood of conception ; first price auction ; risk behavior ; competition ; bidding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003878997
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Sex hormones and competitive bidding
Schipper, Burkhard - 2012
. Surprisingly, we have null findings for testosterone as well as estradiol and cortisol. Controlling for risk aversion does not … ; Gender ; Competition ; Aggression ; Dominance ; Risk-taking ; Endocrinological economics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009544159
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Capitalizing on the (false) consensus effect : two tractable methods to elicit private information
Schmidt, Robert J. - 2019
We propose and experimentally test two tractable methods to incentivize the elicitation of private information … incentivize the elicitation of private information using facts, when these are not verifiable, we incentivize the respondent to … reveal her perceptions about others and use that statement to predict the subject's private information. The stronger the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012103387
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A model of the decisive role of central bank cooperation and conflict
Pope, Robin; Selten, Reinhard; Kube, Sebastian; Kaiser, … - 2007
Opinion is divided on whether it is better to have a single world money or variable exchange rates.Pope, Selten and von Hagen (2003) propose that fresh light would be shed via an analysis that allows forseven complexity impacts on the exchange rate that are underplayed (where not entirely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003612858
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Risk taking in social settings : group and peer effects
Bougheas, Spiros P.; Nieboer, Jeroen; Sefton, Martin - 2013
We investigate experimentally the effect of consultation (unincentivized advice) on choices under risk in an … bringing about higher risk-taking in groups. -- experimental economics ; choice under risk ; advice ; social influence ; peer … risk than individuals in the investment task . In our consultation treatments we find evidence of peer effects: there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009689911
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Security of property as a public good : institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries
Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis G.; Ahn, T. K.; … - 2012
We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries - Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are that the security of property varies with experimental institutions, and that our subject pools exhibit significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009660442
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Security of property as a public good : institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries
Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis G.; Ahn, T. K.; … - 2012
We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries - Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are that the security of property varies with experimental institutions, and that our subject pools exhibit significantly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009664976
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Setting the bar – an experimental investigation of immigration requirements
Khadjavi, Menusch; Tjaden, Jasper D. - 2014
Many Western countries face the challenge of reconciling future labor demand with growing public opposition to immigration. The dynamics and underlying processes of setting immigration requirements remain unclear as research so far mainly focuses on context-specific empirical studies. We use a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010384338
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That's how we roll : an experiment on rollover risk
Bosch-Rosa, Ciril - 2014
There is consensus that the recent financial crisis revolved around a crash of the short-term credit market. Yet there is no agreement around the necessary policies to prevent another credit freeze. In this experiment we test the effects that contract length (i.e. maturity mismatch) has on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010402935
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Security of property as a public good : institutions, socio-political environment and experimental behavior in five countries
Campos-Ortiz, Francisco; Putterman, Louis G.; Ahn, T. K.; … - 2012
We study experimentally the protection of property in five widely distinct countries- Austria, Mexico, Mongolia, South Korea and the United States. Our main results are that the security of property varies with experimental institutions, and that our subject pools exhibit significantly different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009683449