We investigate experimentally whether individuals or groups are more lied to, and how lying depends on the group size … and the monetary loss inflicted by the lie. We employ an observed cheating game, where an individual's misreport of a … individuals than toward groups. Liars impose a larger loss with their lie when that loss is split among group members rather than …

Cheating such as corruption and tax evasion is prevalent in the developing world; therefore, many interventions have … been undertaken to reduce cheating in developing countries. Although some field evidence shows that poverty is correlated … with cheating, the causal effect of poverty on cheating in the field and the effectiveness of interventions for financially …

We investigate the influence of self and social image concerns as potential sources of lying costs. In a standard die …. This suggests that self-image concerns may be less important than previously hypothesized in the literature on lying costs …

predictions, we find that neither delaying the gains from cheating, nor increasing temporal engagement with one's own unethical … behavior reduces the likelihood of cheating. Furthermore, allowing for a delay between the time when private information is … obtained and when it is reported does not affect cheating in our experiment. …

We investigate the influence of self and social image concerns as potential sources of lying costs. In a standard die …. This suggests that self-image concerns may be less important than previously hypothesized in the literature on lying costs …

predictions, we find that neither delaying the gains from cheating, nor increasing temporal engagement with one's own unethical … behavior reduces the likelihood of cheating. Furthermore, allowing for a delay between the time when private information is … obtained and when it is reported does not affect cheating in our experiment. …

Does the extent of cheating depend on a proper reference point? We use a real effort task that implements a two (gain … whether cheating is reference-dependent. Our experimental findings show that self-reported performance in the unmonitored … condition is significantly higher than actual performance in the monitored condition - a clear indication for cheating. However …

Does the extent of cheating depend on a proper reference point? We use a real effort task that implements a two (gain … whether cheating is reference-dependent. Our experimental findings show that self-reported performance in the unmonitored … condition is significantly higher than actual performance in the monitored condition - a clear indication for cheating. However …

This paper focuses on belief distortion in the context of lying decisions. We employ a twostage variant of the "dice … of beliefs. When subjects are aware of the dice task ahead, they convince themselves that lying behavior is widespread in … order to justify their lying. In contrast with beliefs about majority behavior, we find that beliefs about the extent to …