Temptation and cheating behavior: Experimental evidence
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Temptation; Cheating; Dishonesty; Opportunism;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- L29 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Other
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