black lies (increasing the supervisor's earnings while decreasing the worker's payoff) and Pareto white lies (increasing the … earnings of both) according to Erat and Gneezy (2009)'s terminology are frequent. In contrast, spiteful black lies (decreasing … the earnings of both) and altruistic white lies (increasing the earnings of workers but decreasing those of the supervisor …

black lies (increasing the supervisor's earnings while decreasing the worker's payoff) and Pareto white lies (increasing the … earnings of both) according to Erat and Gneezy (2009)'s terminology are frequent. In contrast, spiteful black lies (decreasing … the earnings of both) and altruistic white lies (increasing the earnings of workers but decreasing those of the supervisor …

We investigate how different forms of scrutiny affect dishonesty, using Gneezy's (2005) deception game. We add a third … sender's lies to the receiver also do not affect lying behavior. Even more striking, senders whose identity is revealed to …

We investigate how different forms of scrutiny affect dishonesty, using Gneezy's (2005) deception game. We add a third … sender's lies to the receiver also do not affect lying behavior. Even more striking, senders whose identity is revealed to …

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 …

We report results from a sender-receiver deception game, which tests whether an individual's decision to deceive is … order to obtain a higher payoff. A sender is positively biased if he thinks that he is higher in the deception distribution … information about the deception of his peers. The experimental data confirm this. We conclude that concern for relative standing …

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 …