Research Handbook on Unethical Behavior

Edited by Alessandro Bucciol and Simone Quercia

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Abstract: This in-depth Research Handbook integrates insights from different disciplines to analyse the mechanisms underlying unethical behavior, presenting a compelling picture of unethical behavior as a complex, context-dependent phenomenon. Alessandro Bucciol and Simone Quercia bring together leading researchers from economics, psychology and neuroscience to explore unethical behavior’s uniquely multifaceted nature.

Keywords: Unethical Behavior; Behavioral Economics; Experimental Economics; Dishonesty; Social Norms; Self-Image (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035307265
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Unethical behavior: a behavioral economics perspective

Alessandro Bucciol and Simone Quercia

Ch 2 Measuring unethical behavior using experiments

Lara Ezquerra and Ismael Rodríguez Lara

Ch 3 Unethical behavior in children

Despoina Alempaki

Ch 4 Unveiling the gender dynamics of dishonest behavior in economics: a review of experimental approaches

Valeria Maggian and Natalia Montinari

Ch 5 The social determinants of unethical behavior

Marie Claire Villeval

Ch 6 Honesty as a norm

Daniele Nosenzo and Sarah Zaccagni

Ch 7 Moral suasion in economic experiments

Loukas Balafoutas

Ch 8 Belief management and unethical behavior

Samuel Lindquist, Silvia Saccardo and Marta Serra-Garcia

Ch 9 What do information choices tell us about selfishness? Preference construction and preference revelation

Danae Arroyos-Calvera, Rebecca McDonald, Daniel Read and Bruce Rigal

Ch 10 The neurobiological basis of aggressive behavior

Francesco Orzi

Ch 11 Under pressure: unveiling the instincts behind (dis)honesty

Beatrice Braut and Marco Piovesan

Ch 12 The morality of market exchanges: between societal values and trade-offs

Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis

Ch 13 Unethical behavior in tournaments

Francesco Fallucchi

Ch 14 Tax evasion

Irene Maria Buso and Luca Corazzini

Ch 15 Breaking bias: pathways to reducing discrimination

Vojtĕch Bartoš

Ch 16 Corrupt collaboration

Ori Weisel

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