Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/111042 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IAAEU Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 06/2015
Publisher: 
University of Trier, Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU), Trier
Abstract: 
Recent research has shown that the presence of peers can increase individual output both in the lab and the field. This paper tests for negative side effects of peer settings. We investigate whether peer settings are particularly prone to cheating even if they do not provide additional monetary benefits of cheating. Participants in our real effort experiment had the opportunity to cheat when declaring their output levels. Although cheating did not have different monetary consequences when working alone than when working in the presence of a peer, we find that cheating is a more severe problem in peer settings.
Subjects: 
cheating
peer effects
organizational design
personnel economics
experimental economics
JEL: 
J20
J30
M50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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