Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups Versus Individuals

Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to unethical behavior by individuals and by two-person groups. In contrast to individual decisions, gender matters strongly under group decisions. We find more lying in male groups and mixed groups than in female groups.

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Year of publication:	2014-12
Authors:	Muehlheusser, Gerd ; Roider, Andreas ; Wallmeier, Niklas
Institutions:	C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers
Subject:	experiment \| gender effects \| group decisions \| lying \| unethical behaviour

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	CEPR Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	Number 10317
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; C92 - Laboratory; Group Behavior ; J16 - Economics of Gender
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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