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underlying inequality, differing fairness views, and differing perceptions of social norms. In this study, we directly measure … report different fairness views and beliefs about task performance, but not different beliefs about social norms. Further …
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influenced by their observability due to underlying social norms and social image concerns. This study investigates the impact of …' investments in a risky asset directly to social norms for risk taking that are elicited in an incentivized procedure. I find that … risk taking is not affected by the choice being observed by a matched participant. Nor do investments follow elicited norms …
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gap. We test this prediction using a laboratory experiment that varies whether the decision to compete, and its outcome …
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from small negative to small positive monetary incentives. By contrast, while social norms strongly favor information …
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We investigate experimentally whether individuals or groups are more lied to, and how lying depends on the group size and the monetary loss inflicted by the lie. We employ an observed cheating game, where an individual's misreport of a privately observed number can monetarily benefit her while...
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motive that most closely aligns with their personal interest. We test this hypothesis using a laboratory experiment that …
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This paper studies the implications of agents signaling their moral type in a lying game. In the theoretical analysis, a signaling motive emerges where agents dislike being suspected of lying and where some types of liars are more stigmatized than others. The equilibrium prediction of the model...
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We analyze both theoretically and empirically how monetary incentives and information about others’ behavior affect dishonesty. We run a laboratory experiment with 560 participants, each of whom observes a number from one to six with there being a payoff associated with each number. They can...
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hypothesize that individuals adhere to the moral motive that aligns with their self-interest. We test this hypothesis using …
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to complete. This study provides a rigorous empirical test for this notion of `motivated procrastination'. In a …
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