Individual level evidence of dishonesty and the gender effect

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2012
Volume: 117
Issue: 3
Pages: 624-626

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We study dishonesty in an individual task experiment. In contrast to the existing literature, we collect participant level data. We find that men are not only more likely to be dishonest than women, they are also more dishonest.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:117:y:2012:i:3:p:624-626
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
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2026-01-25