Why do we lie? Distinguishing between competing lying theories?
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
Download full text from publisher
References listed on IDEAS
- Simon Gächter & Jonathan F. Schulz, 2016. "Intrinsic honesty and the prevalence of rule violations across societies," Nature, Nature, vol. 531(7595), pages 496-499, March.
- Rosenbaum, Stephen Mark & Billinger, Stephan & Stieglitz, Nils, 2014. "Let’s be honest: A review of experimental evidence of honesty and truth-telling," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 181-196.
- Catrine Jacobsen & Toke Reinholt Fosgaard & David Pascual†Ezama, 2018. "Why Do We Lie? A Practical Guide To The Dishonesty Literature," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(2), pages 357-387, April.
- Shalvi, Shaul & Dana, Jason & Handgraaf, Michel J.J. & De Dreu, Carsten K.W., 2011. "Justified ethicality: Observing desired counterfactuals modifies ethical perceptions and behavior," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Elsevier, vol. 115(2), pages 181-190, July.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Garbarino, Ellen & Slonim, Robert & Villeval, Marie Claire, 2019. "Loss aversion and lying behavior," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 158(C), pages 379-393.
- Aksoy, Billur & Palma, Marco A., 2019.
"The effects of scarcity on cheating and in-group favoritism,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 165(C), pages 100-117.
- Billur Aksoy & Marco A. Palma, 2018. "The Effects of Scarcity on Cheating and In-Group Favoritism," Working Papers 20181111-001, Texas A&M University, Department of Economics.
- Ellen Garbarino & Robert Slonim & Marie Claire Villeval, 2016.
"Loss Aversion and lying behavior: Theory, estimation and empirical evidence,"
Working Papers
halshs-01404333, HAL.
- Ellen Garbarino & Robert Slonim & Marie Claire Villeval, 2016. "Loss Aversion and lying behavior: Theory, estimation and empirical evidence," Working Papers 1631, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
- Garbarino, Ellen & Slonim, Robert & Villeval, Marie Claire, 2016. "Loss Aversion and Lying Behavior: Theory, Estimation and Empirical Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 10395, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Eli Spiegelman, 2021. "Embracing The Dark Side? Testing The Socialization Of A Maximizing Mindset," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 59(2), pages 740-761, April.
- Martina Manfre' & Viola Angelini, 2018. "Does The Financial Situation affect Cheating Behavior? An Investigation through Financial Literacy," Working Papers 06/2018, University of Verona, Department of Economics.
- Ellen Garbarino & Robert Slonim & Marie Claire Villeval, 2019. "Loss aversion and lying behavior," Post-Print halshs-01981542, HAL.
- Billur Aksoy & Marco A. Palma, "undated". "The Effects of Scarcity on Cheating and In-Group Favoritism," Working Papers 20180918-001, Texas A&M University, Department of Economics.
- Maggioni, Mario A. & Rossignoli, Domenico, 2020. "Clever little lies: Math performance and cheating in primary schools in Congo," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 172(C), pages 380-400.
- Heinicke, Franziska & Rosenkranz, Stephanie & Weitzel, Utz, 2019. "The effect of pledges on the distribution of lying behavior: An online experiment," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 136-151.
- Alm, James & Bruner, David M. & McKee, Michael, 2016.
"Honesty or dishonesty of taxpayer communications in an enforcement regime,"
Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 85-96.
- James Alm & David M. Bruner & Michael McKee, 2016. "Honesty or Dishonesty of Taxpayer Communications in an Enforcement Regime," Working Papers 1620, Tulane University, Department of Economics.
- Clot, Sophie & Grolleau, Gilles & Ibanez, Lisette, 2022.
"A reference point bias in judging cheaters,"
Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
- Sophie Clot & Gilles Grolleau & Lisette Ibanez, 2020. "The Reference Point Bias in Judging Cheaters," CEE-M Working Papers hal-02618665, CEE-M, Universtiy of Montpellier, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro.
- Sophie Clot & Gilles Grolleau & Lisette Ibanez, 2022. "A Reference Point Bias in Judging Cheaters," Post-Print hal-03528307, HAL.
- Sophie Clot & Gilles Grolleau & Lisette Ibanez, 2020. "The Reference Point Bias in Judging Cheaters," Working Papers hal-02618665, HAL.
- Sophie Clot & Gilles Grolleau & Lisette Ibanez, 2020. "The Reference Point Bias in Judging Cheaters," Economics Discussion Papers em-dp2020-11, Department of Economics, University of Reading.
- Irlenbusch, Bernd & Mussweiler, Thomas & Saxler, David J. & Shalvi, Shaul & Weiss, Alexa, 2020. "Similarity increases collaborative cheating," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 178(C), pages 148-173.
- Fabio Galeotti & Valeria Maggian & Marie Claire Villeval, 2021.
"Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty,"
The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 131(638), pages 2508-2528.
- Fabio Galeotti & Valeria Maggian & Marie Claire Villeval, 2019. "Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty," Working Papers 2019: 28, Department of Economics, University of Venice "Ca' Foscari".
- Fabio Galeotti & Valeria Maggian & Marie Claire Villeval, 2020. "Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty," Working Papers halshs-03084893, HAL.
- Fabio Galeotti & Valeria Maggian & Marie Claire Villeval, 2021. "Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty," Post-Print halshs-03177810, HAL.
- Fabio Galeotti & Valeria Maggian & Marie Claire Villeval, 2020. "Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty," Working Papers 2039, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
- Galeotti, Fabio & Maggian, Valeria & Villeval, Marie Claire, 2020. "Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty," IZA Discussion Papers 13977, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Fabio Galeotti & Valeria Maggian & Marie Claire Villeval, 2019. "Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty," Working Papers 1924, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Étienne (GATE Lyon St-Étienne), Université de Lyon.
- Fabio Galeotti & Valeria Maggian & Marie Claire Villeval, 2019. "Fraud Deterrence Institutions Reduce Intrinsic Honesty," Working Papers halshs-02281894, HAL.
- Siniver, Erez & Yaniv, Gideon, 2018. "Losing a real-life lottery and dishonest behavior," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 75(C), pages 26-30.
- Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Joo Young Jeon & Chulyoung Kim & Sang-Hyun Kim, 2021.
"Gender Differences in Repeated Dishonest Behavior: Experimental Evidence,"
Games, MDPI, vol. 12(2), pages 1-11, May.
- Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Joo Young Jeon & Chulyoung Kim & Sang-Hyun Kim, 2021. "Gender Differences in Repeated Dishonest Behavior: Experimental Evidence," Working papers 2021rwp-184, Yonsei University, Yonsei Economics Research Institute.
- Subhasish M. Chowdhury & Joo Young Jeon & Chulyoung Kim & Sang-Hyun Kim, 2021. "Gender Differences in Repeated Dishonest Behavior: Experimental Evidence," Economics Discussion Papers em-dp2021-05, Department of Economics, University of Reading.
- Chowdhury, Subhasish & Jeon, Joo Young & Kim, Chulyoung & Kim, Sang-Hyun, 2021. "Gender Differences in Repeated Dishonest Behavior: Experimental Evidence," MPRA Paper 105646, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Janis Zickfeld & Karolina Scigala & Christian Elbaek & John Michael & Mathilde Tønning Tønnesen & Gabriel Levy & Shahar Ayal & Isabel Thielmann & Laila Nockur & Eyal Peer & Valerio Capraro & Rachel Ba, 2024.
"I Solemnly Swear I'm Up To Good: A Megastudy Investigating the Effectiveness of Honesty Oaths on Curbing Dishonesty,"
Working Papers
halshs-04555561, HAL.
- Janis Zickfeld & Karolina Scigala & Christian Elbaek & John Michael & Mathilde Tønning Tønnesen & Gabriel Levy & Shahar Ayal & Isabel Thielmann & Laila Nockur & Eyal Peer & Valerio Capraro & Rachel Ba, 2024. "I Solemnly Swear I'm Up To Good: A Megastudy Investigating the Effectiveness of Honesty Oaths on Curbing Dishonesty," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-04555561, HAL.
- Tobol, Yossef & Siniver, Erez & Yaniv, Gideon, 2020. "Do tightwads cheat more? Evidence from three field experiments," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 148-158.
- Alfonso-Costillo, Antonio & Brañas-Garza, Pablo & López-Martín, Ma Carmen, 2022. "Does the die-under-the-cup device exaggerate cheating?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).
- Khalmetski, Kiryl & Rockenbach, Bettina & Werner, Peter, 2017.
"Evasive lying in strategic communication,"
Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 59-72.
- Kiryl Khalmetski & Bettina Rockenbach & Peter Werner, 2017. "Evasive Lying in Strategic Communication," Working Paper Series in Economics 92, University of Cologne, Department of Economics.
- Khalmetski, Kiryl & Rockenbach, Bettina & Werner, Peter, 2017. "Evasive Lying in Strategic Communication," VfS Annual Conference 2017 (Vienna): Alternative Structures for Money and Banking 168119, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
- Tobol, Yossef & Yaniv, Gideon, 2019. "Parents’ marital status, psychological counseling and dishonest kindergarten children: An experimental study," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 167(C), pages 33-38.
More about this item
Keywords
Dishonesty; Dice; Justification; Counterfactual; Perceived Lying Aversion;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2019-08-12 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2019-08-12 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2019-08-12 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:uea:wcbess:19-03. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Cara Liggins (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/esueauk.html .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.