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Honesty and lie aversion

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  • Marie-Claire Villeval

    (GATE Lyon Saint-Étienne - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon - Saint-Etienne - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - UJM EPE - Université Jean Monnet (EPSCPE) - EM - EMLyon Business School - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

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  • Marie-Claire Villeval, 2025. "Honesty and lie aversion," Post-Print hal-04794573, HAL.
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