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Context-dependent cheating : experimental evidence from 16 countries
Pascual-Ezama, David; Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 116 (2015), pp. 379-386
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011567911
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Context dependent cheating: Experimental evidence from 16 countries
Pascual-Ezama, David; Fosgaard, Toke R.; Cardenas, Juan … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
characterize countries according to the quality of their institutions. However, no effort has been made to study how the honesty of … citizens varies across sixteen countries. This paper explores the honesty among citizens across sixteen countries and not of …, international indices that are indicative of institutional honesty are completely uncorrelated with citizens' honesty for our sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112328
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Norm Compliance and Lying Patterns: an Experimental Study Among Refugees and Non-refugees in Syria, Jordan, and Germany
El-Bialy, Nora; Fraile Aranda, Elisa; Nicklisch, Andreas; … - 2021
We report the results of an experiment on norm violation, specifically lying, in a repeatedly played mind game with Syrian refugees in Jordan and in Germany. We compare their behavior with Jordanians, Germans, and Syrians who still live in Syria. The average number of lies is amazingly similar -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012417873
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Truth-telling: A representative assessment
Abeler, Johannes; Becker, Anke; Falk, Armin - 2012
A central assumption of the canonical cheap talk literature is that people misreport their private information if this is to their material benefit. Recent evidence from laboratory experiments with student subjects suggests, however, that while many people do report the payoff-maximizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010392409
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Truth-telling: A representative assessment
Abeler, Johannes; Becker, Anke; Falk, Armin - 2012
A central assumption of the canonical cheap talk literature is that people misreport their private information if this is to their material benefit. Recent evidence from laboratory experiments with student subjects suggests, however, that while many people do report the payoff-maximizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289837
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Norm compliance and lying patterns : an experimental study among refugees and non-refugees in Syria, Jordan, and Germany
El Bialy, Nora; Fraile Aranda, Elisa; Nicklisch, Andreas; … - 2021
We report the results of an experiment on norm violation, specifically lying, in a repeatedly played mind game with Syrian refugees in Jordan and in Germany. We compare their behavior with Jordanians, Germans, and Syrians who still live in Syria. The average number of lies is amazingly similar -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012418561
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Truth-Telling: A Representative Assessment
Abeler, Johannes; Becker, Anke; Falk, Armin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
A central assumption of the canonical cheap talk literature is that people misreport their private information if this is to their material benefit. Recent evidence from laboratory experiments with student subjects suggests, however, that while many people do report the payoff-maximizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010766384
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Strengthening fragile states : evidence from mobile salary payments in Afghanistan
Blumenstock, Joshua E.; Callen, Michael; Faikina, Anastasiia - 2023
Building state capacity is uniquely challenging in fragile states. We report results from a randomized evaluation of a major Afghan government initiative to increase capacity by modernizing its payroll. The reform, which required teachers to biometrically register and receive salary payments via...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014304455
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A Demographic Study of African Attitudes on Bribery
Hernandez, Teresa - 2014
This paper examines ethical opinion on bribe taking in four African countries – South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia and Rwanda. Nineteen demographic variables (gender, age, marital status, etc.) are also examined. Although all countries expressed a strong opposition to bribe taking, opposition was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055207
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Attitudes Toward Bribery in Australia : A Demographic Study
Hernandez, Teresa - 2014
This study examined Australian attitudes toward bribe taking, using the data from the World Values survey. Nineteen demographic variables (gender, age, marital status, etc.) were also examined to determine whether certain responses differed by category. The findings indicate that many of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013055208