Gender differences in repeated dishonest behavior: experimental evidence

Chowdhury, S. M., Jeon, J. Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6855-1659, Kim, C. and Kim, S.-H. (2021) Gender differences in repeated dishonest behavior: experimental evidence. Games, 12 (2). 44. ISSN 2073-4336 doi: 10.3390/g12020044

Abstract/Summary

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 Chowdhury et al. (2021) 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.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/98137
Identification Number/DOI	10.3390/g12020044
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Economics
Publisher	MDPI
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