Gender differences in deception

Gneezy [Gneezy, U., 2005. Deception: the role of consequences. American Economic Review 95, 384-394.] recently showed that lying is costly. Using the same experimental design we test whether there is a gender difference in deception. We find that men are significantly more likely than women to lie to secure a monetary benefit.

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Year of publication:	2008
Authors:	Dreber, Anna ; Johannesson, Magnus
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 99.2008, 1, p. 197-199
Publisher:	Elsevier

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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