Schwieren, Christiane; Weichselbaumer, Doris - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 31 (2010) 3, pp. 241-253
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...