Menstrual cycle and competitive bidding

Games and Economic Behavior

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-20

  Pearson, Matthew ^a   Schipper, Burkhard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidding; Competition; Contraceptives; Endocrinological economics; Fecundity; First price auction; Gender; Hormones; Menstrual cycle; Pill; Risk behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869748910     PISSN: 08998256     EISSN: 10902473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geb.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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