measures of cognitive ability predict honesty, whereas general self-report honesty questions and a consistency check among them … are of no value. We provide a rationale for the relationship between cognitive ability and honesty and discuss its …

This paper experimentally analyzes the determinants of the honesty norm in a lying game. The findings confirm common … of concern they have for others (social value orientation) and their moral valuation of the norm honesty. The data …

We study the effect of religiosity, gender, and "day of the week", on the level of honesty by conducting under …-the-cup experiment among religious and secular, female and male Jewish students. We show that the level of honesty among religious … females show the highest level of honesty, especially on Thursday. Finally, we derive practical implication from our study. …

This paper studies how investors infer CEO commitment to honesty from earnings management and how these perceptions … honesty when they infer that the CEO engaged less in earnings management. For investment decisions, a one standard deviation … increase in a CEO's perceived commitment to honesty compared to another CEO reduces the relevance of differences in the CEOs …