Deception: The role of guilt

Pierpaolo Battigalli (), Gary Charness and Martin Dufwenberg

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2013, vol. 93, issue C, 227-232

Abstract: Evidence suggests that whether or not people dislike lying is situation-dependent. We argue that the theory of simple guilt can accommodate this well.

Keywords: Deception; Guilt aversion; Experiments; Psychological games (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C91 D03 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.03.033

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