Doing wrong to do right? Social preferences and dishonest behavior
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Dishonesty; Altruism; Pro-social preferences;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
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