Chowdhury, S.M. orcid.org/0000-0002-8386-9144, Jeon, J.Y. orcid.org/0000-0001-6855-1659, Kim, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-8921-3288 et al. (1 more author) (2021) Gender differences in repeated dishonest behavior: experimental evidence. Games, 12 (2). 44. ISSN 2073-4336
Abstract
We investigate gender differences in lying behavior when the opportunity to tell lies is repeated. In specific, we distinguish the situations in which such an opportunity can be planned versus when it comes as a surprise. We utilize data from an existing published research and show that when the opportunity to tell a lie comes as a surprise, then on the first occasion, males lie more than females. However, when telling lies can be planned, then there is no gender difference in telling a lie. When planning is possible, females tell more lies in the first occasion compared to when it is not possible to plan; males do not show such behavior. On the second and final occasion, males tell more lies than females when they either could not plan but had the opportunity to a lie before, or could plan but did not have to tell a lie before. These observations can be interpreted in terms of the gender differences in consistent versus compensatory moral behavior.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | dishonesty; lying; pre-planning; gender; experiment |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2023 10:34 |
Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2023 10:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI AG |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/g12020044 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:199685 |