Commitment requests do not affect truth-telling in laboratory and online experiments

Tobias Cagala (Deutsche Bundesbank), Ulrich Glogowsky (University of Linz), Johannes Rincke (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg), Simeon Schudy (Ulm University)

Using a standard cheating game, we investigate whether the request to sign a no-cheating declaration affects truth-telling. Our design varies the content of a no-cheating declaration (reference to ethical behavior vs. reference to possible sanctions) and the type of experiment (online vs. offline). Irrespective of the declaration's content, commitment requests do not affect truth-telling, neither in the laboratory nor online. The inefficacy of commitment requests appears robust across different samples and does not depend on psychological measures of reactance.

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Year of publication:	[2023]
Authors:	Cagala, Tobias ; Glogowsky, Ulrich ; Rincke, Johannes ; Schudy, Simeon
Publisher:	[München] : Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190
Subject:	cheating \| lying \| truth-telling \| compliance \| commitment \| no-cheating rule \| no-cheating declaration \| commitment request \| Experiment \| Mitarbeiterbindung \| Employee retention \| Spieltheorie \| Game theory \| Verhaltensökonomik \| Behavioral economics \| Soziales Verhalten \| Social behaviour

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 30 Seiten)
Series:	Discussion paper. - München : Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190, ZDB-ID 2881680-8. - Vol. no. 466 (November 27, 2023)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature ; Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/282157 [Handle]
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; C93 - Field Experiments ; D03 - Behavioral Economics; Underlying Principles
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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