Arbeitspapier
The visible hand: Finger ratio (2D:4D) and competitive behavior
In an experiment using two-bidder first-price sealed bid auctions with symmetric independent private values, we scan also the right hand of each subject. We study how the ratio of the length of the index and ring fingers (2D:4D) of the right hand, a measure of prenatal hormone exposure, is correlated with bidding behavior and total profits. 2D:4D has been reported to predict competitiveness in sports competition (Manning and Taylor, 2001, and Honekopp, Manning and Muller, 2006), risk aversion in an investment task (Dreber and Hofman, 2007), and the average profitability of high-frequency traders in financial markets (Coates, Gurnell and Rustichini, 2009). We do not find any significant correlation between 2D:4D and both bidding or profits. Yet, our study raises an issue of ethnic differences with respect to 2D:4D.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Working Paper ; No. 09-12
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Noncooperative Games
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior
Auctions
Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
Neuroeconomics
- Subject
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hormones
digit ratio
2D:4D
risk behavior
competition
competitive behavior
bidding
endocrinological economics
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Pearson, Matthew
Schipper, Burkhard C.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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University of California, Department of Economics
- (where)
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Davis, CA
- (when)
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2009
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Pearson, Matthew
- Schipper, Burkhard C.
- University of California, Department of Economics
Time of origin
- 2009
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