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| Title: | | Size matters: When it comes to lies  |
| Authors: | | Eisenkopf, Gerald Gurtoviy, Ruslan Utikal, Verena |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | IAAEG discussion paper series 02/2011 |
| Abstract: | | A small lie appears trivial but it obviously violates moral commandments. We analyze whether the preference for others' truth telling is absolute or depends on the size of a lie. In a laboratory experiment we compare punishment for different sizes of lies controlling for the resulting economic harm. We find that people are sensitive to the size of a lie and that this behavioral pattern is driven by honest people. People who lie themselves punish softly in any context. |
| Subjects: | | Lying norm violation punishment experiment |
| JEL: | | C91 D03 D82 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IAAEU Discussion Paper Series in Economics, Institut für Arbeitsrecht und Arbeitsbeziehungen in der Europäischen Union, Trier
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