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Friendship and in-class academic dishonesty

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  • Griebeler, Marcelo de C.

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We studied how friendship among students can affect their cheating behavior in the classroom. Our findings show that a closer friendship increases the probability of cheating only for students with low grades. Our framework may also be applied to situations where a given firm has the possibility of copying features of a product or technology from another.

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  • Griebeler, Marcelo de C., 2017. "Friendship and in-class academic dishonesty," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 150(C), pages 1-3.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:150:y:2017:i:c:p:1-3
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2016.10.040
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    1. Scott E. Carrell & Frederick V. Malmstrom & James E. West, 2008. "Peer Effects in Academic Cheating," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 43(1).
    2. Conor O’Leary & Gladies Pangemanan, 2007. "The Effect of Groupwork on Ethical Decision-Making of Accountancy Students," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 75(3), pages 215-228, October.
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    2. Alessandro Bucciol & Simona Cicognani & Natalia Montinari, 2020. "Cheating in university exams: the relevance of social factors," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 67(3), pages 319-338, September.

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    Keywords

    Student cheating; Academic dishonesty; Friendship;
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    JEL classification:

    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education

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