6. Relative roles “ Men treat us like donkeys” --A Maasai woman (Hodgson, 2001) “ We are sick of playing the roles of breeding bulls and baby-sitters.” --A Khasi man (Ahmed, 1994)
10. One speculative interpretation (of many): Khasi society may remove social barriers that prevent naturally competitive women from expressing their true personalities. Khasi society may allow competitive women to earn greater rewards for their effort and to pass on wealth to their daughters, both of which increase the fecundity of their competitive genes. We can all agree that these results need to be replicated and that further treatments need to be carried out to detail the underlying structure at work.
Increased contributions to public good as mechanism provides private return on investment Lottery: a negative externality is introduced which results in increased revenues. The purchase of a ticket by one individual will reduce the chances of all other individuals of winning the prize Charity Auctions Warm glow discussed by Andreoni (1995) can also increase auction revenue as well. People like the good feeling they get from donating. All-pay auctions outperform winner pay auctions All-pay auction is efficient because the highest-value bidder wins the prize PROBLEM WITH AUCTIONS---As number of bidders increases however, revenues can decline as the low-value bidders realize that their bids are not impacting the price the high-value bidders pay, and thus decide to free-ride on the contributions of the high-value bidders.