Arbeitspapier

Market experience and willingness to trade: Evidence from repeated markets with symmetric and asymmetric information

Many studies have found a gap between willingness-to-pay and willingness-to-accept that is inconsistent with standard theory. There is also evidence that the gap is eroded by experience gained in the laboratory and naturally occurring markets. This paper argues that the gap and the effects of experience are explained by a caution heuristic. This conjecture is tested in a repeated market experiment with symmetric and asymmetric information. The results support the conjecture: people do seem to use heuristics rather than reacting optimally and their behavior adjusts slowly when the environment changes.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Working Paper ; No. 5

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
Thema
WTA/WTP disparity
endowment effect
market experience
bounded rationality
asymmetric information
Willingness to pay
Beschränkte Rationalität
Asymmetrische Information
Auktionstheorie
Test

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Lindsay, Luke
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
University of Zurich, Department of Economics
(wo)
Zurich
(wann)
2011

DOI
doi:10.5167/uzh-51509
Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Lindsay, Luke
  • University of Zurich, Department of Economics

Entstanden

  • 2011

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