Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272433 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15806
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Iran has the world's only government-regulated kidney market. We report the results of the first field study of donor behaviour in this unusual market. Participants have lower risk tolerance and higher patience levels than the Iranian average but display no difference in rationality from population averages and there is evidence of altruism among participants. We provide an examination of decision-making in extreme situations by individuals in this market, typically at the very bottom of the income distribution, and shed light on the sort of people likely to participate if other nations were to operate such markets.
Subjects: 
kidney donation
Iranian kidney market
risk
patience
rationality
altruism
generalized axiom of revealed preference
lab in the field
JEL: 
I11
I12
I18
C93
D03
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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