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We conducted an experiment with middle and high school students to test the external validity of a common laboratory measure of cheating. Subjects performed several coin tosses and earned money depending on the outcomes they reported. Because the coin tosses were not monitored, subjects faced a...
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also pay less than the price or not pay at all. We conduct an experiment to study honesty in this market. The results show … that appealing to honesty increases payments, whereas reminding the customers of the legal norm has no effect. Furthermore …, appealing to honesty does not affect the behavior of the dishonest. These findings suggest that some people have internalized an …
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dimensions: volunteerism and honesty. We use representative samples from five major economies of the Euro area: France, Germany … always in line with these assessments. Assessments of honesty show strong evidence of social projection: Participants expect …
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honesty by conducting under-the-cup die experiments. The findings suggest that behavioral codes, which prohibit lying, offset … the monetary incentive to lie. The highest level of honesty is found among young religious females while the lowest is …
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We conduct a field experiment in a naturally occurring labor environment and track whether the performance of workers responds to unexpected wage increases. Specifically, we investigate how the timing of wage increases affects efforts. We find that workers' performance is about 11% higher for...
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We report the results of a field experiment on honesty conducted on 427 Israeli soldiers fulfilling their mandatory … that honesty is a valued trait, regression discontinuity analysis reveals that the Israeli military has optimally set the … evaluate employee honesty. …
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