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Laboratory Measure of Cheating Predicts Misbehavior at School

Cohn, Alain; Maréchal, Michel André - 2015

We study the external validity of a standard laboratory measure of cheating. The results show that cheating in the lab significantly predicts classroom misbehavior in middle and high school students.

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Preferences for Truth-telling

Abeler, Johannes; Nosenzo, Daniele; Raymond, Collin - 2019

Private information is at the heart of many economic activities. For decades, economists have assumed that individuals are willing to misreport private information if this maximizes their material payoff. We combine data from 90 experimental studies in economics, psychology and sociology, and...

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What Do Lost Wallets Tell Us about Survey Measures of Social Capital?

Tannenbaum, David; Cohn, Alain; Zünd, Christian Lukas; … - 2020

We validate survey measures of social capital with a new data set that examines whether citizens report a lost wallet to its owner. Using data from more than 17,000 lost wallets across 40 countries, we find that survey measures of social capital - especially questions concerning generalized...

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Malleability of Preferences for Honesty

Abeler, Johannes; Falk, Armin; Kosse, Fabian - 2021

preferences for honesty are malleable and what determines them. We experimentally measure preferences for honesty in a sample of …

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Conforming with Peers in Honesty and Cooperation

Isler, Ozan; Gaechter, Simon - 2021

in honesty and cooperation and tested the individual-level links between these two moral domains. Participants completed … both honesty and cooperation tasks after observing their peers. Consistent with the literature, separate analysis of the … two domains indicated both negative and positive peer influences in honesty and in cooperation, with negative influences …

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Understanding the Link between Intelligence and Lying

Drouvelis, Michalis; Pearce, Graeme - 2021

Standard economic theory suggests that the decision to lie requires careful weighting of the associated economic costs and benefits, raising the question of whether intelligence matters for misbehaviour. Using the die roll paradigm, we compare behaviour between individuals who score either low...

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The Effect of Chosen or Given Luck on Honesty

Geraldes, Diogo; Heinicke, Franziska; Kim, Duk Gyoo - 2022

erodes the moral value of honesty; (2) whether the perceived level of agency over an uncertain event affects the relationship … between luck and honesty; and (3) whether accumulated luck affects honesty. To this end, we conducted a lab experiment where …

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Meta-Nudging Honesty: Past, Present, and Future of the Research Frontier

Dimant, Eugen; Shalvi, Shaul - 2022

. Here, we introduce the concept of 'meta-nudging' and illustrate its potential benefits in the context of promoting honesty … overcome some of the challenges that the classical nudging approach has faced. We use the case of nudging honesty to develop …

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Timing of Kindness - Evidence from a Field Experiment

Ockenfels, Axel; Sliwka, Dirk; Werner, Peter - 2014

We conduct a field experiment in a naturally occurring labor environment and track whether the performance of workers responds to unexpected wage increases. Specifically, we investigate how the timing of wage increases affects efforts. We find that workers' performance is about 11% higher for...

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Honesty in the Digital Age

Cohn, Alain; Gesche, Tobias; Maréchal, Michel André - 2018

Modern communication technologies enable efficient exchange of information, but often sacrifice direct human interaction inherent in more traditional forms of communication. This raises the question of whether the lack of personal interaction induces individuals to exploit informational...

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