Individual and Group Cheating Behavior: A Field Experiment with Adolescents

Julie Chytilová () and Vaclav Korbel
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Vaclav Korbel: Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, http://ies.fsv.cuni.cz/

No 2014/06, Working Papers IES from Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies

Abstract: Dishonest activities with negative consequences for others and society are often undertaken by individuals as well as groups of people. In this paper, we use a field experiment among students aged 11-16 years to study whether there is a difference between individual and group cheating behavior. We find that students cheat, but not to the maximum extent possible. On average, groups are more inclined to cheat than individuals, but there are important differences across age. While there is no evidence of dishonesty among younger individuals, older individuals as well as younger and older groups cheat and do so to a similar extent. The way in which groups are formed does not seem to matter.

JEL-codes: C93 D63 D70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29pages
Date: 2014-03, Revised 2014-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cbe, nep-exp and nep-soc
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