The impact of two different economic systems on dishonesty

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Beitragende

  • Dan Ariely - , Duke University (Autor:in)
  • Ximena Garcia-Rada - (Autor:in)
  • Katrin Gödker - , Universität Hamburg (Autor:in)
  • Lars Hornuf - , Universität Bremen, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Autor:in)
  • Heather Mann - , Duke University (Autor:in)

Abstract

Using an artefactual field experiment, this paper tests the long-term implications of living in a specific economic system on individual dishonesty. By comparing cheating behaviour across individuals from the former socialist East of Germany with those of the capitalist West of Germany, we examine behavioural differences within a single country. We find long-term implications of living in a specific economic system for individual dishonesty when social interactions are possible: participants with an East German background cheated significantly more on an abstract die-rolling task than those with a West German background, but only when exposed to the enduring system of former West Germany. Moreover, our results indicate that the longer individuals had experienced socialist East Germany, the more likely they were to cheat on the behavioural task.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)179-195
Seitenumfang17
FachzeitschriftEuropean Journal of Political Economy
Jahrgang59
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Sept. 2019
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

WOS 000486358300011
Scopus 85063656678
ORCID /0000-0002-0576-7759/work/142239281

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Artefactual field experiment, Cheating, Dishonesty, Social behaviour