Informational asymmetries abound in economic decision making and often provide an incentive for deception through … the truth should be classified as deception too if the sender chooses the true message with the expectation that the … receiver will not follow the sender's (true) message. The experimental data reveal a large degree of 'sophisticated' deception …

reporting—that victims of lies pay lies forward—and show that they are more likely when people expect honesty. These results are …

Time is a crucial determinant of deception, since some misreporting opportunities come as a surprise and require an … process about the deception opportunity. We find that time pressure leads to more honesty compared to sufficient contemplation …