No, everyone wrote the last two digits of their SSN at the top of their papers. Then they were either asked “how much would you bid for this” or “would you pay x amount for this” and those with higher SSN values overwhelmingly were willing to pay more than their counterparts with lower SSN values.
I’m sorry It sounds they were asked to bid using the last 2 digits of their ssn. Of course people with higher numbers bid more
No, everyone wrote the last two digits of their SSN at the top of their papers. Then they were either asked “how much would you bid for this” or “would you pay x amount for this” and those with higher SSN values overwhelmingly were willing to pay more than their counterparts with lower SSN values.