The impact of the menstrual cycle on bargaining behavior

Welcome to the UiS School of Business and Law Research Seminar in Economics and Finance. The seminar is open for all interested.

• Date: Wednesday, February 12th
• Time: 12:15-13:15.
• Place: University of Stavanger School of Business and Law, Ullandhaug Campus, Elise Ottesen-Jensens hus, room EOJ 276/277 and on Zoom
• Seminar guest: Christina Rott, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and a Research Fellow at the Tinbergen Institute
  
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• Title: The impact of the menstrual cycle on bargaining behavior

Abstract:

We investigate experimentally how the menstrual cycle affects bargaining behavior and bargaining outcomes of women. Female participants negotiate in an unstructured bilateral bargaining game with asymmetric information about the allocation of a surplus ('pie size'). We find that the menstrual cycle affects bargaining behavior and that the effects depend on players’ information.

Players who are informed about the pie size are less compromising during ovulation and receive higher payoffs conditional on reaching an agreement. Uninformed players achieve higher final payoffs during ovulation, which is mainly driven by higher agreement rates. Our study provides first evidence that biological factors affect bargaining.