Who pays for my lies? Comparing dishonesty at the expense of the experimenter and fellow subjects

Maryam Dilmaghani () and Vurain Tabvuma

Economics Letters, 2020, vol. 194, issue C

Abstract: Using the seminal framework of Fischbacher and Follmi-Heusi (2013), the present paper examines whether the patterns of reporting private information vary, depending on the victim of the dishonest reports. The results indicate greater dishonesty when the over-reporting harms fellow subjects. The data also suggest that the subjects attempt to hide their over-reporting.

Keywords: Die-Under-Cup; Honesty; Religiosity; Experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 C9 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109385

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