We all do it, but are we willing to admit? Incentivizing digital pirates' confessions

Anna Kukla-Gryz, Michal Krawczyk, Konrad Siwiński () and Joanna Tyrowicz
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Konrad Siwiński: Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

No 2014-10, Working Papers from Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw

Abstract: In this study we try to assess the prevalence of illicit downloading in the market of audio books and the willingness to admit to such practices. We compare the Bayesian Truth Serum (Prelec, 2004) treatment in which truthful responses and precise estimates are rewarded to the control treatment with a flat participation fee. We find a sizable treatment effect - incentivized “pirates” admit approximately 60% more often than the non-incentivized ones.

Keywords: illegal download; digital piracy; Bayesian Truth Serum; wages (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 C93 D12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10 pages
Date: 2014
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cta, nep-cul, nep-ict, nep-ipr, nep-pr~ and nep-iue
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