Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Papers,
Lund University, Department of Economics
No 2001:10: Choosing Bargaining Partners - An experimental study on the impact of information about income and gender
Hakan Holm () and Peter Engseld
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Hakan Holm: Department of Economics, Lund University, Postal: Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Box 7082, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden
Peter Engseld: Department of Economics, Lund University, Postal: Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Box 7082, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden
Abstract: Ultimatum proposals and dictator donations are studied when proposers can choose the sex and income of the responder. Information about the responders' income generated strong effects in the selection of responders; subjects preferred to send proposals to low-income responders and the proposals were negatively correlated to responder income. The responders' gender did not affect proposal levels, but strong effects were observed in the selection of responders; females were much more popular than males. Hence, signals of income and sex might be at least as in important in deciding with whom to bargain as in deciding how to bargain.
Keywords: Ultimatum proposals; dictator donations; signals; income; gender
39 pages, First version: July 17, 2001. Revised: July 30, 2001.
- Published as
- Hakan Holm and Peter Engseld, (2005), 'Choosing Bargaining Partners - An experimental study on the impact of information about income and gender', Experimental Economics, vol 8, no 3, pages 183-216
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