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Business ethics in organizations : an experimental examination of whistleblowing and personality

Bartuli, Jenny; Djawadi, Behnud Mir; Fahr, René - 2016

more likely to refrain from supporting fraud and report wrongdoing. With the foci on research exploring individual and …

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Election fraud and post-election conflict : evidence from the Philippines

Crost, Benjamin; Felter, Joseph H.; Mansour, Hani; … - 2013

Previous studies have documented a positive association between election fraud and the intensity of civil conflict. It … paper examines the relationship between election fraud and post-election violence in the 2007 Philippine mayoral elections … elections through fraud. In addition, we show that narrow incumbent victories were associated with an increase in post …

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Whistle-blower protection : theory and experimental evidence

Mechtenberg, Lydia; Mühlheußer, Gerd; Roider, Andreas - 2017

Whistle-blowing by employees plays a major role in uncovering corporate fraud. Various recent laws aim at improving …

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The meaning of failed replications : a review and proposal

Clemens, Michael A. - 2015

The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...

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Credence goods markets and the informational value of new media : a natural field experiment

Kerschbamer, Rudolf; Neururer, Daniel; Sutter, Matthias - 2019

Credence goods markets are characterized by pronounced informational asymmetries between consumers and expert sellers. As a consequence, consumers are often exploited and market efficiency is threatened. However, in the digital age, it has become easy and cheap for consumers to self-diagnose...

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The Italian job : match rigging, career concerns and media concentration in Serie A

Boeri, Tito (contributor); Severgnini, Battista (contributor) - 2008

This paper contributes to the literature on competition and corruption, by drawing on records from Calciopoli, a judicial inquiry carried out in 2006 on corruption in the Italian soccer league. Unlike previous studies, we can estimate the determinants of match rigging and use this information in...

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Doping and cheating in contest-like situations

Kräkel, Matthias (contributor) - 2006

. -- cheating ; contest ; doping ; fraud in research ; tournament …

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Cheating in the workplace : an experimental study of the impact of bonuses and productivity

Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L.; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2012

We use an online real-effort experiment to investigate how bonus-based pay and worker productivity interact with workplace cheating. Firms often use bonus-based compensation plans, such as group bonuses and firm-wide profit sharing, that induce considerable uncertainty in how much workers are...

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What drives taxi drivers? : a field experiment on fraud in a market for credence goods

Balafoutas, Loukas; Beck, Adrian; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - 2011

measure different types of fraud and to examine the influence of passengers' presumed information and income on the extent of … fraud. Results reveal that taxi drivers cheat passengers in systematic ways: Passengers with inferior information about …. Higher income seems to lead to more fraud. -- credence goods ; expert services ; natural field experiment ; taxi rides …

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Honest on mondays : honesty and the temporal distance between decisions and payoffs

Ruffle, Bradley J.; Tobol, Yossi - 2013

We show that temporally distancing the decision task from the payment of the reward increases honest behavior. Each of 427 Israeli soldiers fulfilling their mandatory military service rolled a six-sided die in private and reported the outcome to the unit's cadet coordinator. For every point...

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