Gender Differences in Repeated Dishonest Behavior: Experimental Evidence

Subhasish Chowdhury, Joo Young Jeon (), Chulyoung Kim and Sang-Hyun Kim
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Joo Young Jeon: Department of Economics, University of Reading

No em-dp2021-05, Economics Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Reading

Abstract: We investigate gender difference in lying behavior when the opportunity to tell lies is repeated. In specific, we distinguish the situations in which such an opportunity can be planned versus when it comes as a surprise. We use data from an existing study (Chowdhury et al., 2021) and show that when the opportunity to tell a lie comes as a surprise, then on the first occasion, males lie more than females. However, when telling lies can be planned, there is no gender difference in telling a lie. When planning is possible, females tell more lies in the first occasion than when it is not. Males do not show such behavior. On the second and final occasion, males lie more than females only when they either could not plan but had an opportunity to lie before or could plan but did not have to tell a lie before.

Keywords: Dishonesty; Lying; Pre-planning; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D01 D91 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2021-01-31
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-exp, nep-gen and nep-hrm
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Journal Article: Gender Differences in Repeated Dishonest Behavior: Experimental Evidence (2021)
Working Paper: Gender Differences in Repeated Dishonest Behavior: Experimental Evidence (2021)
Working Paper: Gender Differences in Repeated Dishonest Behavior: Experimental Evidence (2021)
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