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El contexto de la trampa: análisis experimental de los determinantes de la honestidad en Buriticá, Colombia

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  • Eslava, Adolfo
  • García Luna, Estefanía

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Resumen: La trampa es una acción recurrente en el comportamiento de los individuos y produce altos costos en la sociedad. Esto ha motivado su estudio reciente dentro de la economía y otras ciencias sociales, con el fin de encontrar los factores que inciden en ella y así tratar de mitigar sus efectos. Con este objetivo, la presente investigación estudia la disposición a la trampa en el municipio de Buriticá (Antioquia, Colombia) a través de un experimento económico que confirma la presencia de acciones deshonestas en las decisiones de los participantes; además, se hace un análisis de los determinantes de la misma a través de un probit ordenado. El estudio revela que existe una relación entre las decisiones de los individuos y el contexto en el que se desenvuelven, por lo que factores como la percepción de riqueza, la confianza institucional y la victimización son determinantes. Esta investigación contribuye así a los estudios previos sobre la toma de decisiones económicas, los cuales contradicen el modelo clásico de la maximización de beneficios. Abstract: Cheating is a regular action in people’s behavior which produces high costs in society. For this reason, studies on cheating have been motivated in economics and other social sciences. In general, there is an aim to explain which factors are determinants of cheating in order to know how to mitigate its effects. In this context, this research studies the willingness to cheat in Buriticá (Antioquia) through an economic field experiment that confirms the presence of dishonesty in the participant’s decisions. In addition, an analysis of the determinants of cheating is made through an Ordered Probit where a causal relation is found between people’s decisions and the context they live in –their perception of wealth, institutional trust and victimization– thus contributing to previous studies on economic decision making that contradict the classical model of maximizing benefits.. Résumé: La triche est une action récurrente dans le comportement des individus et elle génere des couts élevés dans la société. Cela a motivé sa récente étude au sein de l’économie et d’autres sciences sociales, afin de trouver ses incitations et ainsi essayer d’atténuer ses effets. Dans cet objectif, la présente enquete étudie la disposition a tricher dans la municipalité de Buriticá (Antioquia, Colombie), a travers une expérimentation économique qui confirme la présence d’actions malhonnetes dans les décisions des participants. En outre, une analyse des déterminants d’actions malhonnetes est effectuée au moyen d’un modele probit ordonné. L’étude révele qu’il existe une relation entre les décisions des individus et le contexte dans lequel ils operent, de sorte que des facteurs tels que la perception de la richesse, la confiance institutionnelle et la victimisation sont décisifs. Cette recherche contribue ainsi a des études antérieures sur la prise des décisions économiques qui contredisent le modele classique de la maximisation du profit.

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  • Eslava, Adolfo & García Luna, Estefanía, 2020. "El contexto de la trampa: análisis experimental de los determinantes de la honestidad en Buriticá, Colombia," Revista Lecturas de Economía, Universidad de Antioquia, CIE, issue No. 92, pages 9-32, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000174:019568
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    Keywords

    comportamiento; honestidad; trampa; experimentos;
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    JEL classification:

    • D01 - Microeconomics - - General - - - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
    • D73 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments

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