We perform a (psychological) game-theoretic analysis of cheating in the setting proposed by Fischbacher & Föllmi …-Heusi (2013). The key assumption, which we refer to as perceived cheating aversion, is that the decision maker derives disutility …

Does the extent of cheating depend on a proper reference point? We use a real effort task that implements a two (gain … whether cheating is reference-dependent. Our experimental findings show that self-reported performance in the unmonitored … condition is significantly higher than actual performance in the monitored condition - a clear indication for cheating. However …

We study the external validity of a standard laboratory measure of cheating. The results show that cheating in the lab …