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Deception in Networks: A Laboratory Study

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  • Christophe Bravard
  • Sudipta Sarangi
  • RONG RONG
  • DANIEL HOUSER

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Communication between departments within a firm may include deception. Theory suggests that telling lies in these environments may be strategically optimal if there exists a small difference in monetary incentives (Crawford and Sobel, 1982; Galeotti et al, 2012). We design a laboratory experiment to investigate whether agents with different monetary incentives in a network environment behave according to theoretical predictions. We found that players’ choices are consistent with the theory. That is, most communication within an incentive group is truthful and deception often occurs between subjects from different groups. These results have important implications for intra-organizational conflict management, demonstrating that in order to minimize deceptive communication between departments the firm may need to reduce incentive differences between these groups. Length: 19
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  • Christophe Bravard & Sudipta Sarangi & RONG RONG & DANIEL HOUSER, 2016. "Deception in Networks: A Laboratory Study," Journal of Public Economic Theory, Association for Public Economic Theory, vol. 18(2), pages 313-326, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jpbect:v:18:y:2016:i:2:p:313-326
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    1. Rong, Rong & Houser, Daniel & Dai, Anovia Yifan, 2016. "Money or friends: Social identity and deception in networks," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 90(C), pages 56-66.

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    JEL classification:

    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
    • D02 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Institutions: Design, Formation, Operations, and Impact
    • C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior

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