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Large stakes and little honesty? Experimental evidence from a developing country
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Leibbrandt, A, Maitra, P and Neelim, A 
ORCID: 0000-0001-6352-2859 2018
, 'Large stakes and little honesty? Experimental evidence from a developing country'
, Economics Letters, vol. 169
, pp. 76-79
, doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.007.
ORCID: 0000-0001-6352-2859 2018
, 'Large stakes and little honesty? Experimental evidence from a developing country'
, Economics Letters, vol. 169
, pp. 76-79
, doi: 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.007.
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Abstract
We experimentally study the extent to which individuals are honest when lying can result in a gain of several months’ worth of income. Randomly selected individuals from villages in Bangladesh participated in a sender–receiver cheap talk game. We varied the potential benefits from providing false recommendations. While we find that individuals are more likely to provide false recommendations when stakes are very large, we still observe that almost half of the senders refrain from lying. In contrast, receivers are generally suspicious and the majority does not follow recommendations.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Authors/Creators: | Leibbrandt, A and Maitra, P and Neelim, A |
| Keywords: | artefactual field experiment, honesty, deception, stakes, development |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Economics Letters |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science Sa |
| ISSN: | 0165-1765 |
| DOI / ID Number: | 10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.007 |
| Copyright Information: | © 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V |
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