Is dishonesty persistent?

Michèle Belot; Jeroen van de Ven

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.101464

doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2019.101464

Is dishonesty persistent?

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Volume: 83, Pages: 101464 - 101464

Published: Dec 1, 2019

Abstract

We study if (dis)honest behavior is persistent. We investigate this by exposing participants to different incentives to lie over time. Some participants are first exposed to high incentives and then to lower incentives; for others the reverse. If (dis)honest behavior is persistent, the propensity to lie depends on past incentives. We find no evidence of persistence in honest or dishonest behavior. Exposing participants first to high incentives...