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dc.contributor.authorPearson, Matthewen
dc.contributor.authorSchipper, Burkhard C.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-07-
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-12T13:33:52Z-
dc.date.available2012-06-12T13:33:52Z-
dc.date.issued2011-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/58385-
dc.description.abstractIn an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values and 400 subjects, we scan also the right hand of each subject. We study how the ratio of the length of the index and ring fingers (2D:4D) of the right hand, a measure of prenatal hormone exposure, is correlated with bidding behavior and total profits. 2D:4D has been reported to predict competitiveness in sports competition (Manning and Taylor, 2001, and Hoenekopp, Manning, and Mueller, 2006), risk aversion in lottery tasks (Dreber and Hoffman, 2007, Garbarino et al., 2010), and the average profitability of high-frequency traders in financial markets (Coates, Gurnell, and Rustichini, 2009). We do not find any significant correlation between 2D:4D on either bidding or profits. However, there might be racial differences in the correlation between 2D:4D and bidding and profits.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aUniversity of California, Department of Economics |cDavis, CAen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWorking Paper |x11-9en
dc.subject.jelC72en
dc.subject.jelC91en
dc.subject.jelC92en
dc.subject.jelD44en
dc.subject.jelD81en
dc.subject.jelD87en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordHormonesen
dc.subject.keywordDigit ratioen
dc.subject.keyword2D:4Den
dc.subject.keywordRisk behavioren
dc.subject.keywordCompetitionen
dc.subject.keywordCompetitiveen
dc.subject.keywordbehavioren
dc.subject.keywordAuctionsen
dc.subject.keywordBiddingen
dc.subject.keywordEndocrinological economicsen
dc.titleThe visible hand: Finger ratio (2D:4D) and competitive bidding-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn717283003en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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