Enjoy the Silence: An Experiment on Truth-Telling
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- Santiago Sánchez-Pagés & Marc Vorsatz, 2009. "Enjoy the silence: an experiment on truth-telling," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 12(2), pages 220-241, June.
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Keywords
experiment; lie-aversion; social preferences; strategic information transmission; truth-telling;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2007-01-28 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2007-01-28 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-GTH-2007-01-28 (Game Theory)
- NEP-SOC-2007-01-28 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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