Variable descriptions for data set used in "Improving the Use of Experimental Auctions in Africa: Theory and Evidence" 
by Ulrich B. Morawetz, Hugo De Groote and Simon Chege Kimenju published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 2011 Vol 36(2).

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Variable Name              Description

person_nr                 "Running Number of participants starting with 20001".
country                   "Country of Interview".
district                  "District of Interview".
division                  "Division of Interview".
day                       "Day of interview".
month                     "Month of interview".
year	                  "Year of interview".
age                       "Age of participant in years".
gender                    "Gender of participant: 'female', 'male'".
educ_yrs                  "Years of formal education of participant".
cattle                    "How many cattle participant's household owns".
maiz_prod_kg              "Maize produced per year in kg by participant's household".
ylw_eat                   "Whether participant has eaten yellow maize: 'yes', 'no'".
aware_nb	          "Weather participant is aware of night blindness: 'yes', 'no'".
buy_impr                  "Weather participant buys improved (micronutrients added) maize meal varieties: 'yes', 'no'".
aware_vit                 "Weather participant is aware of vitamins: 'yes', 'no'".
test_bd1                  "Bid for cupcake by participants in test round one in Kenyan Shillings".
test_bd2                  "Bid for cupcake by participants in test round two in Kenyan Shillings".
test_bd3                  "Bid for cupcake by participants in test round three in Kenyan Shillings".
xpensCake                 "Total expenses of participant in the test rounds in Kenyan Shillings".
bids                      "Bid for maize by participant in experiments in Kenian Shillings".
trait                     "Type of maize meal presented (plain white, fortified white, and plain yellow):'white', 'fortified', 'yellow'".
exchpricem                "Whether participant paid the randomly drawn price (second-price BDM mechanism) or her bid (first-price BDM mechanism): 'Random bid', 'Respondent's bid'".
auc_ord                   "Order in which maize meals were presented to participant ('W'='plain white', 'WF'="fortified white", 'Y'='plain yellow'):'W, WF,Y','W,Y,WF','Y,W,WF'".
cash                      "Amount of cash the participant had in hand at the beginning of the maize meal BDM mechanism in Kenyan Shillings".
enmt.num                  "The experimenter which conducted the experiment indicated by his number: '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6'".
timeofday................."Whether the experiment started in the morning or the afternoon: 'morning', 'afternoon'".
time_decimal_start        "Starting time of the experiment in hours".
