2012 Sessions for the Economic Science Association

Session 03A Public Goods I
Session 03B Group and Team Effects
Session 03C Contests and Auctions
Session 03D Market and Resource Experiments
Session 03F Finance and Investment Experiments
Session 03G Decisions Made by and for the Self
Session 03H Law and Economics Experiments
Session 03I Trust, Theft, ... and Campaign Finance
Session 03K Information and Contracts

 
Friday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 03A
Public Goods I

Organizers:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Jonathan Lafky, Lafayette College

Papers:

"Yeast"
R. Mark Isaac, Florida State University (Contact Author)
Douglas A. Norton, Florida State University

"Endowment Effects and Contribution Strategies in Public Good Experiments"
Pamela M. Schmitt, United States Naval Academy (Contact Author)
John Cadigan, Gettysburg College
Kurtis J. Swope, United States Naval Academy

"Birth, Death and Public Good Provision"
Jonathan Lafky, Lafayette College (Contact Author)
John Duffy, University of Pittsburgh

 

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Friday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 03B
Group and Team Effects

Organizers:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Krista Saral, Webster University Geneva

Papers:

"The Effect of Varying Group Size on the Effectiveness of Cheap Talk"
Philip Grossman, Monash University (Contact Author)
Nicholas Feltovich, Monash University

"Competition Between Unequal Teams in the Provision of Public Goods"
Abhijit Ramalingam, University of East Anglia (Contact Author)
Siddharth Ramalingam, Deloitte Research India
Brock V. Stoddard, Indiana University

"The Disposition Effect in Individual and Team Investments: Experimental Evidence"
Holger A. Rau, DICE-Duesseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (Contact Author)

"Does Team Telecommuting Affect Productivity? An Experiment"
Krista Saral, Webster University Geneva (Contact Author)
Glenn Dutcher, University of Innsbruck

 

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Friday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
ESA
Session 03C
Contests and Auctions

Organizers:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Wei-Shiun Chang, Humboldt University of Berlin

Papers:

"Reward and Punishment in Contests"
Glenn Dutcher, University of Innsbruck (Contact Author)
Loukas Balafoutas, University of Innsbruck
Florian Linder, University of Innsbruck
Dmitry Ryvkin, Florida State University
Matthias Sutter, University of Innsbruck

"Optimal Attack and Defense Strategies in Contests with Two Defenders: Theory and Experimental Evidence"
Hongwei Song, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas
Joshua Foster, University of Arkansas

"Procurement Auctions with Renegotiation"
Wei-Shiun Chang, Humboldt University of Berlin (Contact Author)
Tim Salmon, Southern Methodist University
Krista Saral, Webster University Geneva

 

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Friday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
ESA
Session 03D
Market and Resource Experiments

Organizers:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Daniel T. Hall, High Point University

Papers:

"Retail Markets with Stock Outs: Theory and Experiments"
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)
Amy Farmer, University of Arkansas

"Sharing a Voluntarily Provided Common-Property Resource: An Experimental Examination"
Brock V. Stoddard, Indiana University (Contact Author)

"Directed Search, Coordination Failure, and Seller Profit: An Experimental Comparison of Posted Pricing with Single and Multiple Prices"
Nicholas Feltovich, Monash University (Contact Author)
Nejat Anbarci, Deakin University

"Experiential Learning ... There Is an App for That!"
Daniel T. Hall, High Point University (Contact Author)
Stephanie Crofton, High Point University

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 03F
Finance and Investment Experiments

Organizers:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Papers:

"Investment Behavior Without Borrowing Constraints"
Pamela M. Schmitt, United States Naval Academy (Contact Author)
James Compton, United States Naval Academy
Michael Insler, United States Naval Academy

"Priming and Asset Markets"
James Bartkus, Xavier University of Louisiana
Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 03G
Decisions Made by and for the Self

Organizers:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Glenn Dutcher, University of Innsbruck

Papers:

"Designing a Sequential Choice Architecture to Reduce Choice Overload"
Sudipta Sarangi, Louisiana State University (Contact Author)
Tibor Besedes, Georgia Institute of Technology
Cary A. Deck, University of Arkansas
Mike Shor, University of Connecticut

"Social Preferences and Effort Provision"
Joshua Foster, University of Arkansas (Contact Author)

"The Effects from Self-Selection into Contests"
Glenn Dutcher, University of Innsbruck (Contact Author)
Daniela Rutzler, University of Innsbruck
Dmitry Ryvkin, Florida State University

 

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Saturday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
ESA
Session 03H
Law and Economics Experiments

Organizers:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Tim Salmon, Southern Methodist University

Papers:

"Status Quo Effects in Fairness Games: Reciprocal Responses to Acts of Commission Versus Acts of Omission"
James C. Cox, Georgia State University (Contact Author)
Maros Servatka, University of Canterbury
Radovan Vadovic, University of Texas at Dallas

"Redistribution, Overconfidence and the Veil of Ignorance"
Todd L. Cherry, Appalachian State University
Stephen J. Cotten, University of Houston-Clear Lake (Contact Author)

"Experiments on Rule Breaking"
Tim Salmon, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Danila Serra, Southern Methodist University

 

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Saturday
4:00 - 5:45 p.m.
ESA
Session 03I
Trust, Theft, ... and Campaign Finance

Organizers:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Matt Van Essen, The University of Alabama

Papers:

"Limiting Funds in a Campaign Finance Experiment"
Hanming Fang, University of Pennsylvania
Dmitry Shapiro, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (Contact Author)
Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

"The Costs of Conflict"
Adam C. Smith, Johnson and Wales University (Contact Author)
Daniel Houser, George Mason University
Peter T. Leeson, George Mason University
Ramin Ostad, George Mason University

"Blind Stealing, Experience, and Expertise in a Mixed Strategy Poker Experiment"
Matt Van Essen, The University of Alabama (Contact Author)
John Wooders, University of Arizona

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
ESA
Session 03K
Information and Contracts

Organizers:

Arthur L. Zillante, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Session Chairs:

Kirill Chernomaz, San Francisco State University

Papers:

"Disentangling Motivations: A Worker's Best Response to Contract Offers"
Ericka Scherenberg Farret, University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)
Catherine C. Eckel, Texas A&M University
Daniel G. Arce, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Do People Pay Premium to Avoid Complexity? Evidence from Experimental Insurance Markets"
Kirill Chernomaz, San Francisco State University (Contact Author)

 

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