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abstract:
- lang: eng
text: 'We investigate the pervasiveness of lying in professional contexts such as
insurance fraud, tax evasion and untrue job applications. We argue that lying
in professional contexts share three characterizing features: (1) the gain from
the dishonest behavior is uncertain, (2) the harm that lying may cause to the
other party is only indirect and (3) lies are more indirect lies by action or
written statements. Conducted as a field experiment with a heterogenous group
of participants during a University ‘‘Open House Day’’, our ‘‘gumball-machineexperiment’’
provides field evidence on how preferences for lying are shaped in situations
typically found in professional contexts which we consider to be particularly
prone to lying behavior compared to other contexts. As a key innovation, our experimental
design allows measuring exact levels of cheating behavior under anonymous conditions.
We find clean evidence that cheating is prevalent across all sub groups and that
more than 32% of the population cheats for their own gain. However, an analysis
of the cheating rates with respect to highest educational degree and professional
status reveals that students cheat more than non-students. This finding warrants
a careful interpretation of generalizing laboratory findings with student subjects
about the prevalence of cheating in the population.'
author:
- first_name: Rene
full_name: Fahr, Rene
id: '111'
last_name: Fahr
- first_name: Behnud
full_name: Mir Djawadi, Behnud
id: '26032'
last_name: Mir Djawadi
orcid: 0000-0002-6271-5912
citation:
ama: 'Fahr R, Mir Djawadi B. “…and they are really lying”: Clean Evidence on the
Pervasiveness of Cheating in Professional Contexts from a Field Experiment. Journal
of Economic Psychology. 2015:48-59. doi:10.1016/j.joep.2015.03.002'
apa: 'Fahr, R., & Mir Djawadi, B. (2015). “…and they are really lying”: Clean
Evidence on the Pervasiveness of Cheating in Professional Contexts from a Field
Experiment. Journal of Economic Psychology, 48–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2015.03.002'
bibtex: '@article{Fahr_Mir Djawadi_2015, title={“…and they are really lying”: Clean
Evidence on the Pervasiveness of Cheating in Professional Contexts from a Field
Experiment.}, DOI={10.1016/j.joep.2015.03.002},
journal={Journal of Economic Psychology}, publisher={Elsevier}, author={Fahr,
Rene and Mir Djawadi, Behnud}, year={2015}, pages={48–59} }'
chicago: 'Fahr, Rene, and Behnud Mir Djawadi. “‘…and They Are Really Lying’: Clean
Evidence on the Pervasiveness of Cheating in Professional Contexts from a Field
Experiment.” Journal of Economic Psychology, 2015, 48–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2015.03.002.'
ieee: 'R. Fahr and B. Mir Djawadi, “‘…and they are really lying’: Clean Evidence
on the Pervasiveness of Cheating in Professional Contexts from a Field Experiment.,”
Journal of Economic Psychology, pp. 48–59, 2015.'
mla: 'Fahr, Rene, and Behnud Mir Djawadi. “‘…and They Are Really Lying’: Clean Evidence
on the Pervasiveness of Cheating in Professional Contexts from a Field Experiment.”
Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, 2015, pp. 48–59, doi:10.1016/j.joep.2015.03.002.'
short: R. Fahr, B. Mir Djawadi, Journal of Economic Psychology (2015) 48–59.
date_created: 2017-10-17T12:41:36Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:55:41Z
ddc:
- '040'
department:
- _id: '179'
doi: 10.1016/j.joep.2015.03.002
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page: 48-59
project:
- _id: '1'
name: SFB 901
- _id: '8'
name: SFB 901 - Subprojekt A4
- _id: '2'
name: SFB 901 - Project Area A
publication: Journal of Economic Psychology
publisher: Elsevier
status: public
title: '“…and they are really lying”: Clean Evidence on the Pervasiveness of Cheating
in Professional Contexts from a Field Experiment.'
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year: '2015'
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