Do higher achievers cheat less? An experiment of self-revealing individual cheating
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Experimental data; Cheating behavior; Intellectual achievement;All these keywords.
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- A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
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