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Can moral reminders curb corruption? : evidence from an online classroom experiment
Claus, Corinna; Köhler, Ekkehard A.; Krieger, Tim - 2022
deontological moral reminder ("corruption is immoral") leads to a significant reduction in accepting bribes. A consequentialist …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171083
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Private sector bribery and effectiveness of anti-corruption policies
Goel, Rajeev K.; Budak, Jelena; Rajh, Edo - In: Applied economics letters 22 (2015) 10/12, pp. 759-766
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Morality, altruism, and occupation choice : theory and evidence
Dhami, Sanjit S.; Wei, Mengxing; Mamidi, Pavan - 2022
identical public good, but only one of them offers opportunities for corruption. Our theoretical predictions relate occupation … the private sector. On average, corruption increases the size of the public sector, although the public output received by … society is identical in both public sector jobs. …
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Human ethics and virtues : rethinking the homo-economicus model
Dhami, Sanjit S. - 2017
outlines the evidence for a more inclusive picture of humans in which ethics and morality play a central role. It argues for …
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Moral universalism : global evidence
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Enke, Benjamin; Tungodden, Bertil - 2022
This paper presents novel stylized facts about the global variation in universalism, leveraging nationally representative surveys across 60 countries (N=64,000). We find large variation in universalism within and across countries, which almost entirely reflects heterogeneity in people's moral...
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Conspicuous ethics : a Veblen effect condition for ethical consumption goods
Stiefenhofer, Pascal; Zhang, Wei - In: Applied economics letters 29 (2022) 1, pp. 72-74
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Animal welfare and human ethics : a personality study
Albrecht, Konstanze; Krämer, Marius-Florentin; Szech, Nora - 2017
We revisit the long-standing question whether there is a relation between animal welfare and human ethics. Therefore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011717061
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The (in)elasticity of moral ignorance
Serra-Garcia, Marta; Szech, Nora - 2019
We investigate the elasticity of moral ignorance with respect to monetary incentives and social norm information. We propose that individuals suffer from higher moral costs when rejecting a certain donation, and thus pay for moral ignorance. Consistent with our model, we find significant...
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Homo moralis : personal characteristics, institutions, and moral decision-making
Deckers, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian; Szech, Nora - 2016
This paper studies how individual characteristics, institutions, and their interaction influence moral decisions. We validate a moral paradigm focusing on the willingness to accept harming third parties. Consequences of moral decisions are real. We explore how moral behavior varies with...
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Where to look for the morals in markets?
Sutter, Matthias; Huber, Jürgen; Kirchler, Michael; … - 2016
Markets are ubiquitous in our daily life and, despite many imperfections, they are a great source of human welfare. Nevertheless, there is a heated recent debate on whether markets erode social responsibility and moral behavior. In fact, competitive pressure on markets may create strong...
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