The effects of information and competition on racial discrimination: Evidence from a field experiment

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 670-679

  Nunley, John M ^a   Owens, Mark F ^b   Howard, R Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric information; Competition; EBay; Field experiments; In group bias; Racial discrimination; Statistical discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255158092     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.06.028     Document Type: Article

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