Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/37413 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2010: Ökonomie der Familie - Session: Social Preferences No. E13-V2
Publisher: 
Verein für Socialpolitik, Frankfurt a. M.
Abstract: 
We present evidence from a laboratory experiment that individuals who feel having been treated unfairly in the interaction with others are more likely to cheat in a subsequent, unrelated game. We interpret this result as showing that the violation of a social norm (fairness) by others can be sufficient to justify a norm violation at the expense of a third party. This result extends the growing literature on social norms. Furthermore, we also find tentative evidence that cheating is correlated with social preferences.
Subjects: 
cheating
social norms
experimental design
JEL: 
C91
D63
C90
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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