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dc.contributor.author | Pearson, Matthew | en |
dc.contributor.author | Schipper, Burkhard C. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-07 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-06-12T13:33:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-06-12T13:33:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/58385 | - |
dc.description.abstract | In 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.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aUniversity of California, Department of Economics |cDavis, CA | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aWorking Paper |x11-9 | en |
dc.subject.jel | C72 | en |
dc.subject.jel | C91 | en |
dc.subject.jel | C92 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D44 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D81 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D87 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Hormones | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Digit ratio | en |
dc.subject.keyword | 2D:4D | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Risk behavior | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Competition | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Competitive | en |
dc.subject.keyword | behavior | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Auctions | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Bidding | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Endocrinological economics | en |
dc.title | The visible hand: Finger ratio (2D:4D) and competitive bidding | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 717283003 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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