Are groups always more dishonest than individuals? The case of salient negative externalities

Castillo G, Choo L, Grimm V (2022)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2022

Journal

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Elsevier

Book Volume: 198

Pages Range: 598-611

DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2022.04.014

Abstract

A common finding of the literature on dishonesty is that groups are more dishonest than individuals. We revisit this finding by replacing the experimenter, implicitly hurt by subjects' dishonesty, with an explicit third-party: a local charity. With the charity we do not find groups to be more dishonest than individuals. Instead, groups can even help moderate the extent of the dishonesty.(c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Authors with CRIS profile

Veronika Grimm Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Wirtschaftstheorie

Involved external institutions

Universität Wien / University of Vienna AT Austria (AT) Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) / 西南财经大学 CN China (CN)

How to cite

APA:

Castillo, G., Choo, L., & Grimm, V. (2022). Are groups always more dishonest than individuals? The case of salient negative externalities. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 198, 598-611. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2022.04.014

MLA:

Castillo, Geoffrey, Lawrence Choo, and Veronika Grimm. "Are groups always more dishonest than individuals? The case of salient negative externalities." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 198 (2022): 598-611.

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