We study experimentally if lying is persistent. In a strategic game, we manipulate the incentives to lie to others. Some participants are first exposed to high incentives and then lower incentives; for others the reverse. We conjectured that participants will lie more often when the incentives...

We analyze a large stakes prisoner's dilemma game played on a TV show. Players cooperate 40% of the time, demonstrating that social preferences are important; however, cooperation is significantly below the 50% threshold that is required for inequity aversion to sustain cooperation. Women...