Truth, Lies, and Gossip

Volume: 31, Issue: 6, Pages: 702 - 714
Published: May 26, 2020
Abstract
It is widely assumed that people will share inaccurate gossip for their own selfish purposes. This assumption, if true, presents a challenge to the growing body of work positing that gossip is a ready source of accurate reputational information and therefore is welfare improving. We tested this inaccuracy assumption by examining the frequency and form of spontaneous lies shared between gossiping members of networks playing a series of one-shot...
Paper Details
Title
Truth, Lies, and Gossip
Published Date
May 26, 2020
Volume
31
Issue
6
Pages
702 - 714
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