We explore the effects of social distance in experiments conducted over the Internet on three continents, in classroom laboratory sessions conducted in Israel and Spain, and in computer sessions pairing participants from different states-one in Texas and the other in California. Our design...

This paper examines experimentally the effect of a different payment mechanism in the case of a tie on an agent's willingness to pay (WTP) in a winner-take-all contest. We examine how a small chance to pay tax in case of a tie affects the contest's bids. Our hypothesis is that the tax payment is...