Description of the ERS09 Instrument

This version uses from 1 to 2 types of tickets. Typically, only 1 ticket is used.

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Output variables -- that are saved to the .RES file. Note that if only 1 ticket is used, the var2 variables will be blank.

 Offers:
  GROUP1       -- Group of the first ticket. Does not change.
  GROUP2        -- group of the 2nd ticket. Does not change

   PRODCOST1   Production cost for ticket 1 (randomly generated by client for each auction)
   PRODCOST2   Production for ticket 2 (randomly generated by client for each auction)

   OFFER1       -- the offer for ticket 1. If no offer, this will be empty
   OFFER2       --  for ticket 2 ...

  MAXBID1  : The maximum bid for ticket 1. Either the overall max, or the ticket specific maximum
  MAXBID2  : The maximum bid for ticket 2.

  FEE1    : The submission fee for ticket 1. Either 0, or the ticket specific submission fee
  FEE2    : The submission fee for ticket 2.

 Debriefing questions: For all these questions, 0=FALSE and 1=TRUE, or . for missing value

   QTEST1 
     If you do not submit a bid>, your earnings for the auction will be zero.   TRUE
          
   QTEST2
       If you submit a bid, and it is rejected, the amount you earn for the auction  is your $participation_bonus.  FALSE

   QTEST3 
      Your ticket's cost> will be the same in every auction. FALSE

   QTEST4 
        If you submit a bid and it is accepted, your earnings for the auction will equal   your bidm> minus  your ticket's cost. TRUE

   QTEST5
     If your bid is less than your  ticket's cost, and your bid is accepted, 
     the difference (converted from E-bucks to dollars) will be  subtracted from your
     $participation_bonus.  TRUE.

  The QTESTn values are saved in the following format:  N.M  -- where N and M are either 0 or 1 (0=false, 1=True)
  N is the answer, and M is the correct answer. Thus, the following values have the following meanings
        1.1 : answered T, and the correct answer was T (true)
        1.0 : answered T, and the correct answer was F (alse)
        0.1 : answered F, and the correct answer was T
        0.0 : answered F, and the correct answer was F 
   If "N" is missing (if the answer is .0 or .1), that means the respondent did NOT answer the question.

 Socio-economic (end of experiment) questions. For all of them, . means "missing value".

   INFO6    Have you ever participated in an economics experiment before
           0=No, 1=Yes

   INFO7    If you have, please approximate the number of experimental sessions you have participated in.                
            A number.

   INFO8    How did you find out about the experiment
                1: Email
                2: Friend
                3: Advertising
                4: Class announcements

   INFO9     What is your major?                
           Text answer (will be "" ed)

   INFO10  How many economics classes (including those you are currently enrolled in) have you taken?
           A number
        
    INFO11   Comments
          A quoted text string.


Risk round variables:
 
    RISK_ROUND -- which round of the risk experiment (some participants have just 1, some have two)
    RISK_DEC1  RISK_DEC2  RISK_DEC3  RISK_DEC4  RISK_DEC5  RISK_DEC6  RISK_DEC7  RISK_DEC8  RISK_DEC9  RISK_DEC10  
        The decision made for this row (1=option A, 2=option B, where option A is the lefthand option)
    RISK_DICE1 RISK_DICE2
        Rolls of the first and second die (both are between 1 and 10)
    RISK_EARN  -- Earnings in this round (as a function of choices and dice rolls)
   RISK_CHOSEN  -- The option chosen in the round chosen (based on dice throw). Can be determined from
                   RISK_DEC and RISK_DICE variables, so this is kind of redundant.

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  Attributes of tickets.
        Ticket # : a reference id
        GROUP   :  What group (or Type) this ticket is in. Can be 1 or 2 (ticket # and group # are independent)
        FEE     : Submission fee


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