Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/228744 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
ILE Working Paper Series No. 44
Publisher: 
University of Hamburg, Institute of Law and Economics (ILE), Hamburg
Abstract: 
We report the results of an experiment on norm violation, specifically lying, in a repeatedly played mind game with Syrian refugees in Jordan and in Germany. We compare their behavior with Jordanians, Germans, and Syrians who still live in Syria. The average number of lies is amazingly similar - and low - across all five samples. However, the lying patterns of Syrian refugees are very different from non-refugee participants in Germany, Jordan, and Syria itself. After having lied once, refugee participants resort to a "never return"- pattern significantly more often than the nonrefugee participants. A closer look at the socio-demographic characteristics of our Syrian refugee participants reveals that lying is associated with higher age and gender, while a longer stay in the host country is positively correlated with a lower likelihood of reporting extreme numbers of matches.
Subjects: 
Civil war
experimental economics
honesty
lying
psychological distress
JEL: 
C93
D01
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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