An empirical investigation of rewards' effect on experimental auctions outcomes

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1298-1300

  Vecchio, Riccardo ^a   Pomarici, Eugenio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

earned participation rewards; experimental auctions; willingness to pay (WTP)

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

EID: 84880017588     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: 14664291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2013.799751     Document Type: Article

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