TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Lozano, Lina
AU  - Riedl, Arno
AU  - Rott, Christina
        TI  - The Impact of the Menstrual Cycle on Bargaining Behavior
        PY  - 2024/Jan/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16768
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16768
        AB  - 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 the information players have. 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.
        KW  - bargaining
KW  - asymmetric information
KW  - menstrual cycle
KW  - biological factors
        ER  -