Searching for a better deal – On the influence of group decision making, time pressure and gender in a search experiment

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Searching for a better deal – On the influence of group decision making, time pressure and gender in a search experiment

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Marcela Ibanez ()
Simon Czermak ()
Matthias Sutter ()

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Matthias Sutter

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We study behavior in a search experiment where sellers receive randomized bids from a computer. At any time, sellers can accept the highest standing bid or ask for another bid at positive costs. We find that sellers stop searching earlier than theoretically optimal. Inducing a mild form of time pressure strengthens this finding in the early periods. There are marked gender differences. Men search significantly shorter than women. If subjects search in groups of two subjects, there is no difference to individual search, but teams of two women search much longer than men and recall more frequently.

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- Ibanez, Marcela & Czermak, Simon & Sutter, Matthias, 2008. "Searching for a better deal - on the influence of group decision making, time pressure and gender in a search experiment," Working Papers in Economics 296, Göteborg University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

Find related papers by JEL classification:
C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search, Learning, and Information

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NEP-ALL-2008-04-15 (All new papers)
NEP-CBE-2008-04-15 (Cognitive & Behavioural Economics)
NEP-EXP-2008-04-15 (Experimental Economics)
NEP-LAB-2008-04-15 (Labour Economics)

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