Honesty on the Streets: A Field Study on Newspaper Purchasing

Pruckner, Gerald J.; Sausgruber, Rupert

doi:10.1111/jeea.12016

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“…In this sense our results are also relevant for the rapidly expanding literature on the determinants of dishonesty (e.g., Cohn et al 2014, Balafoutas et al 2013, Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi 2013, Pruckner and Sausgruber 2013, Shalvi et al 2011Mazar et al 2008, or Gneezy 2005. Our study may also be relevant for the problem of recidivism.…”

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Bad Boys: How Criminal Identity Salience Affects Rule Violation

Cohn

Maréchal²,

Noll³

2015

Review of Economic Studies

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We conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity salience on cheating. The results show that inmates cheat more when we exogenously render their criminal identity more salient. This effect is specific to individuals who have a criminal identity, because an additional placebo experiment shows that regular citizens do not become more dishonest in response to crime-related reminders. Moreover, our experimental measure of cheating correlates with inmates' offences against in-prison regulation. Together, these findings suggest that criminal identity salience plays a crucial role in rule violating behaviour. Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming AbstractWe conducted an experiment with 182 inmates from a maximum security prison to analyze the impact of criminal identity salience on cheating. The results show that inmates cheat more when we exogenously render their criminal identity more salient. This effect is specific to individuals who have a criminal identity, because an additional placebo experiment shows that regular citizens do not become more dishonest in response to crime-related reminders. Moreover, our experimental measure of cheating correlates with inmates' offenses against in-prison regulation. Together, these findings suggest that criminal identity salience plays a crucial role in rule violating behavior.JEL classification: K00, C93, K14, K42, Z10

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Bad Boys: How Criminal Identity Salience Affects Rule Violation

Cohn

Maréchal²,

Noll³

2015

Review of Economic Studies

176

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“…That suggests that groups might be more willing to realize the potential monetary gains from lying. On the other hand, there is evidence that ''moral reminders'' reduce dishonesty (Pruckner and Sausgruber, 2013). Hence, discussions within groups might lead them to lie less.…”

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Gender differences in honesty: Groups versus individuals

2015

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h i g h l i g h t s• We analyze gender effects in the lying behavior of groups and individuals.• We extend the die-rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013).• There are no pronounced gender effects under individual decision-making.• Strong gender effects emerge under joint decision-making in groups.• There is more lying in male groups and mixed groups than in female groups. a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c tExtending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to unethical behavior by individuals and by two-person groups. In contrast to individual decisions, gender matters strongly under group decisions. We find more lying in male groups and mixed groups than in female groups.

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“…Recently, the economic literature on deception has developed considerably, identifying motivations behind lying (Wang et al, 2010;Gneezy, 2005;Hao and Houser, 2011;Erat and Gneezy, 2012;Ariely, 2012;Pruckner and Sausgruber, 2013;Gibson et al, 2013;Charness et al, 2014). In particular, this literature has identified the importance of both lie aversion (Vanberg, 2008;Lundquist et al, 2009) and guilt aversion (Charness and Dufwenberg, 2006;Battigalli and Dufwenberg, 2007;Ellingsen et al, 2009Ellingsen et al, , 2010, and the importance of the maintenance of the self-concept of honesty (Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi, 2013;Mazar et al, 2008;Gino et al, 2009).…”

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Dishonesty Under Scrutiny

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Villeval

2014

SSRN Journal

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Abstract:We investigate how different forms of scrutiny affect dishonesty, using Gneezy's (2005) deception game. We add a third player whose interests are aligned with those of the sender. We find that lying behavior is not sensitive to revealing the sender's identity to the observer. The option for observers to communicate with the sender, and the option to reveal the sender's lies to the receiver also do not affect lying behavior. Even more striking, senders whose identity is revealed to their observer do not lie less when their interests are misaligned with those of the observer. We are grateful to the Editor (Robert Slonim) and two anonymous referees for very valuable comments and suggestions, to B. von Hippel for useful discussions, to R. Cautain for programming the experiment and to Q. Thévenet and Z. Dai for valuable research assistance.

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Honesty on the Streets: A Field Study on Newspaper Purchasing

Cited by 144 publications

References 49 publications

Bad Boys: How Criminal Identity Salience Affects Rule Violation

Bad Boys: How Criminal Identity Salience Affects Rule Violation

Gender differences in honesty: Groups versus individuals

Dishonesty Under Scrutiny

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