Social class and (un)ethical behavior: Causal versus correlational evidence
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Keywords
cheating; ethics; mind game; priming; social class;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2020-06-15 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2020-06-15 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-ORE-2020-06-15 (Operations Research)
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