Organizers:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University

Session Chairs:

Arthur Zillante, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

Papers:

"A Test of the Consistency of Risk Aversion Across Institutions"
Russ Engel, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Advance Production Duopolies With Posted Prices or Market-Clearing Prices"
David Goodwin, The Conference Board of Canada

"The Use and Abuse of Prediction Markets"
Robin Hanson, George Mason University
Chris Hibbert, CommerceNet
Ryan Oprea, University of California - Santa Cruz
David Porter, George Mason University
Dorina Tila, George Mason University

"Gossip and Lemons Market"
Bart J. Wilson, George Mason University
Arthur Zillante, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

Discussants:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jack Stecher, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas

Organizers:

Douglas D. Davis, Virginia Commonwealth University

Session Chairs:

Ragan Petrie, Georgia State University

Papers:

"Discrimination in the Lab: Experiments Exploring the Impact of Performance and Appearance on Sorting"
Marco Castillo, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ragan Petrie, Georgia State University

"Can Affirmative Action Enhance Task Selection? An Experimental Approach"
Muriel Niederle, Stanford University
Carmit Segal, Harvard Business School
Lise Vesterlund, University of Pittsburgh

"The Trouble With (Subjective) Discount Rates: What Do Patterns of Impatience Among the Very Poor Tell Us?"
Erin Krupka, Carnegie Mellon University

"Trust as the Willingness to Pay to Avoid Vulnerability: An Experiment Measuring the Determinants of Trust Using Field Participants"
Bill McEvily, University of Toronto
Joseph Radzevick, Carnegie Mellon University
Roberto A. Weber, Carnegie Mellon University

Discussants:

Laura Razzolini, Virginia Commonwealth University
C. Monica Capra, Emory University
Russ Engel, Florida State University
Paul J. Ferraro, Georgia State University