The effects of information and competition on racial discrimination: Evidence from a field experiment
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Keywords
Racial discrimination; Statistical discrimination; In-group bias; Asymmetric information; Field experiments; Competition; eBay;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
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