Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/55638 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
Working Papers No. 06-3
Publisher: 
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, MA
Abstract: 
Dishonest acts are all too prevalent in day-to-day life. In the current review, we examine some possible psychological causes for such dishonesty that go beyond the standard economic considerations of probability and value of external payoffs. We propose a general model of dishonest behavior that includes also internal psychological reward mechanisms for honesty and dishonesty, and we point to the implications of this model in terms of curbing dishonesty.
Subjects: 
performance-based incentives
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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