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the willingness to lie. In a laboratory experiment, we compare the lying behavior of high-endowment participants with low …This paper studies, theoretically and experimentally, whether the entitlement effect created by deservingness affects … endowment lie more than those who receive the low endowment. In contrast, when income is determined by a random draw, lying is …
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affect lying behaviour. In view of this gap in the evidence, the present study explores how the decision to be dishonest … differ in how dishonesty affected the charity. Deceitful behaviour increased when participants could benefit from it. Also …Dishonesty harms economic performance and growth. However, the literature on dishonesty has used almost exclusively …
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Unethical behavior such as dishonesty, cheating and corruption occurs frequently in organizations or groups. Recent … deciding as a group member. We observe a strong dishonesty shift. This shift is mainly driven by communication within groups …
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Unethical behavior such as dishonesty, cheating and corruption occurs frequently in organizations or groups. Recent … deciding as a group member. We observe a strong dishonesty shift. This shift is mainly driven by communication within groups …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509462
This paper studies the implications of agents signaling their moral type in a lying game. In the theoretical analysis …, a signaling motive emerges where agents dislike being suspected of lying and where some types of liars are more … particular on partial lying, where some agents dishonestly report a non payoff-maximizing report. I discuss the relationship with …
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The neoclassical model in economics envisages humans as amoral and self-regarding (Econs). This model, also known as the homo-economicus model, is not consistent with the empirical evidence. In light of the evidence, the continued use of the homo-economicus model is baffling. It also stymies...
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We investigate the elasticity of moral ignorance with respect to monetary incentives and social norm information. We propose that individuals suffer from higher moral costs when rejecting a certain donation, and thus pay for moral ignorance. Consistent with our model, we find significant...
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We investigate the elasticity of moral ignorance with respect to monetary incentives and social norm information. We propose that individuals suffer from higher moral costs when rejecting a certain donation, and thus pay for moral ignorance. Consistent with our model, we find significant...
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Narratives pervade almost any aspect of our life and play a particularly important role in moral and prosocial decision-making. We study how positive (stories in favor of a prosocial action) and negative (stories in favor of a selfish action) narratives influence prosocial behavior. Our main...
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We investigate the elasticity of preferences for moral ignorance with respect to monetary incentives and social norm information. We propose a model where uncertainty differentially decreases the moral costs of unethical behavior, and benchmark the demand curve for moral ignorance against a...
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