This paper proposes an equilibrium approach to deception where deception is defined to be the process by which actions … theories compatible with the available information. We illustrate the phenomenon of deception and how reputation concerns may … deception affects standard economic insights through a number of stylized applications including a monitoring game and two …

accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased use of deception to benefit others. In a sample … motives and envy. Children with stronger social preferences are less prone to deception, even when lying would benefit others …

investigate the relationships between emotions, deception, and rational decision-making by means of an experiment on tax evasion … when the evader's picture is publicly displayed. We also find that the risk of a public exposure of deception deters …