How effective are social norm interventions? Evidence from a laboratory experiment on managerial honesty
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Keywords
Crowding-out; Honesty; Conformity; Self-signaling; Situational social norms;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- G02 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Behavioral Finance: Underlying Principles
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2014-06-02 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2014-06-02 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2014-06-02 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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