Lying about Delegation
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- Sutan, Angela & Vranceanu, Radu, 2016. "Lying about delegation," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 121(C), pages 29-40.
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Keywords
delegation of responsibility; lies; communications strategy; ultimatum game; dishonesty;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2015-08-19 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2015-08-19 (Game Theory)
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