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You have been selected to spend the money {{ if player.participant.earner_round_1 == 1 }}you{{ else }} your partner{{ endif }} earned that is in the joint account. You will spend the money by participating in a special type of auction. This auction works differently from regular auctions you might be familiar with.

  1. In this auction, you're not competing with other people. Instead, your bid will be compared with a random bid generated by the computer.
  2. If your bid is greater than or equal to the computer's random bid, you win the auction. If your bid is lower than the computer's bid, you lose the auction.
  3. If you win, you don't pay your own bid amount. Instead, you pay the computer's (lower) bid amount.

For example, suppose that you were asked to state your bid to purchase a red chair. Also, suppose we paid you a larger amount of $1,000 to participate in this study. Your payment from participating in this study will be this amount minus anything you spend on the chair.

Let's say you decide to bid $100 to purchase the red chair. Now we'll consider two example prices:


Scenario 1: The computer randomly draws a bid of $82.

Since your bid ($100) is higher than the computer's bid ($82), you WIN the auction! You get to purchase the red chair, and you pay $82 (the computer's bid), not your bid of $100. So your final payment are $1,000 - $82 = $918.


Scenario 2: The computer randomly draws a bid of $110.

Since your bid ($100) is lower than the computer's bid ($82), you LOSE the auction! You don't get the red chair and don't pay anything. So, your final earnings are $1,000.


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