The (in)elasticity of moral ignorance
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- Serra-Garcia, Marta & Szech, Nora, 2019. "The (in)elasticity of moral ignorance," Working Paper Series in Economics 134, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Department of Economics and Management.
- Marta Serra-Garcia & Nora Szech, 2019. "The (In)Elasticity of Moral Ignorance," CESifo Working Paper Series 7555, CESifo.
- Serra-Garcia, Marta & Szech, Nora, 2019. "The (in)elasticity of moral ignorance," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Economics of Change SP II 2019-302, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
- Marta Serra-Garcia & Nora Szech, 2019. "The (In)Elasticity of Moral Ignorance," Working Papers 2019-017, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
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Keywords
information avoidance; morality; unethical behavior; social norms;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EXP-2019-01-28 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HPE-2019-01-28 (History & Philosophy of Economics)
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