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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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Deception and incentives: how dishonesty undermines effort provision

Ederer, Florian (contributor); Fehr, Ernst (contributor) - 2007

In this paper we show that subtle forms of deceit undermine the effectiveness of incentives. We design an experiment in which the principal has an interest in underreporting the true performance difference between the agents in a dynamic tournament. According to the standard approach, rational...

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Does competition enhance performance or cheating? : A laboratory experiment

Schwieren, Christiane (contributor); … - 2008

In this paper we experimentally test whether competing for a desired reward does not only affect individuals' performance, but also their tendency to cheat. Recent doping scandals in sports as well as forgery and plagiarism scandals in academia have been partially explained by "competitive...

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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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