Study of unethical decision-making using economic experiments

Proyecto: Investigación

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The cornerstone of classical economic theory is that individuals seek to maximize their material payoff. One consequence of this assumption is that, in situations in which there is private information, people are willing to lie if lying implies higher monetary payoffs compared with truth-telling. However, evidence on lying has shown that people lie moderately even if they have a private benefit from doing so, and there is no punishment for lying (Abeler et al., 2019). Recent work by Gneezy et al. (2018), Khalmetski and Sliwka (2019), and Abeler et al. (2019) have established that even if individuals do lie to obtain more money, the extent of the lie is attenuated by some fixed intrinsic costs of lying and reputation. In this project, I will study different components of unethical decision-making and how some behavioral traits change the willingness to be dishonest or act corruptly. In the different papers, I will assess the impact of changes in incentives, context, or procedures on the willingness to act unethically using online, lab, or field experiments. The project is part of a research agenda on unethical behavior that I have been developing jointly with my coauthors Agne Kajackaite, Yuliet Verbel, Tilman Fries, and Mariana Blanco.
EstadoActivo
Fecha de inicio/Fecha fin29/11/2219/12/25

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  • Interna
  • PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA