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Monetary incentives and the contagion of unethical behavior

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We examine how monetary incentives and information about others' dishonesty affect lying decisions and whether these two dimensions interact with each other. Our experiment consists of a repeated cheating game where we vary the monetary incentives (Low, High, and Very High) and information about others' dishonesty (With or Without information). We find that dishonesty decreases when payoffs are Very High. Information has only a weak positive effect on average. Conditioning on beliefs, we find that those who overestimate (underestimate) cheating reduce (increase) dishonesty. Information and payoffs do not interact with each other.
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hal-04700382 , version 1 (17-09-2024)

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Benoît Le Maux, David Masclet, Sarah Necker. Monetary incentives and the contagion of unethical behavior. Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2024, ⟨10.1007/s40881-024-00175-5⟩. ⟨hal-04700382⟩
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