Why can't a woman bid more like a man?

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 181-213

  Chen, Yan ^a   Katuščák, Peter ^b   Ozdenoren, Emre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CERGE EI   (Czech Republic)

^c LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auction; Contraceptive pills; Experiment; Gender; Menstrual cycle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867965458     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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