Erat, Sanjiv; Gneezy, Uri - In: Management Science 58 (2012) 4, pp. 723-733
In this paper we distinguish between two types of white lies: those that help others at the expense of the person …>Pareto white lies</i>. We find that a large fraction of participants are reluctant to tell even a Pareto white lie, demonstrating a … are willing to tell an altruistic white lie that hurts them a bit but significantly helps others. Comparing white lies to …