In a recent study, Wang et al. (2017) tested whether the presence of an attractive female face would influence men's honesty, finding that men tended to behave more honestly when presented with photos of attractive female faces than when presented with plain looking facial images. Using a...

In a recent study, Wang et al (2017) tested whether the presence of an attractive female face would influence men's honesty, finding that men tended to behave more honestly when presented with photos of attractive female. Using a different experimental design to detect dishonesty, the present...

The rise of mega-retailers and industry concentration levels has recently generated an interest among economists and antitrust policymakers in the effects of buyer countervailing power. There exists a considerable theoretical literature offering a range of sources of powerful buyers' ability to...

There exist numerous theories that attempt to explain the ubiquitous 99-cent price ending. Most of these theories either do not hold up to inspection or posit irrational consumers who serve as a money pump for firms. We offer an experimental test of Basu's (1997) rational expectations...