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I Lie? We Lie! Why? Experimental Evidence on a Dishonesty Shift in Groups

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  1. Beatrice Braut & Nives Della Valle & Marco Piovesan, 2024. "Collaborative Dishonesty with Unequal Profits - an Experimental Investigation," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 33(1), pages 147-157, February.
  2. Biener, Christian & Waeber, Aline, 2024. "Would I lie to you? How interaction with chatbots induces dishonesty," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 112(C).
  3. Hausladen, Carina I. & Fochmann, Martin & Mohr, Peter, 2024. "Predicting compliance: Leveraging chat data for supervised classification in experimental research," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
  4. Bicchieri, Cristina & Dimant, Eugen & Gächter, Simon & Nosenzo, Daniele, 2022. "Social proximity and the erosion of norm compliance," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 59-72.
  5. Hermann, Daniel & Bruns, Selina & Mußhoff, Oliver, 2025. "Card or dice? An improved experimental approach to measure dishonesty," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 108(C).
  6. Despoina Alempaki & Gönül Doğan & Silvia Saccardo, 2019. "Deception and reciprocity," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 22(4), pages 980-1001, December.
  7. Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela & Lergetporer, Philipp & Sutter, Matthias, 2021. "Collective intertemporal decisions and heterogeneity in groups," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 131-147.
  8. Dufwenberg, Martin & Dufwenberg, Martin A., 2018. "Lies in disguise – A theoretical analysis of cheating," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 175(C), pages 248-264.
  9. Andrej Angelovski & Daniela Cagno & Werner Güth & Francesca Marazzi, 2020. "Telling the other what one knows? Strategic lying in a modified acquiring-a-company experiment with two-sided private information," Theory and Decision, Springer, vol. 88(1), pages 97-119, February.
  10. Thielmann, Isabel & Hilbig, Benjamin E., 2019. "No gain without pain: The psychological costs of dishonesty," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 126-137.
  11. Yang, Huanxing & Ye, Zexin & Zhang, Lan, 2025. "Teams versus individuals in pre-play cheap talk communication," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 114(C).
  12. Burgstaller, Lilith & Pfeil, Katharina, 2024. "You don’t need an invoice, do you? An online experiment on collaborative tax evasion," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
  13. Feess, Eberhard & Schilling, Thomas & Timofeyev, Yuriy, 2023. "Misreporting in teams with individual decision making: The impact of information and communication," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 209(C), pages 509-532.
  14. Khodakarami, Mehdi & MohammadRezaei, Fakhroddin & Sarlak, Amin & Garg, Mukesh & Rezaee, Zabihollah, 2025. "Free-riding in academic co-authorship: The marginalization of research students," Research Policy, Elsevier, vol. 54(2).
  15. Campos-Mercade, Pol, 2022. "When are groups less moral than individuals?," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 134(C), pages 20-36.
  16. Florian Engl, 2022. "A Theory of Causal Responsibility Attribution," CESifo Working Paper Series 9898, CESifo.
  17. Köbis, Nils & Rahwan, Zoe & Bersch, Clara & Ajaj, Tamer & Bonnefon, Jean-François & Rahwan, Iyad, 2024. "Experimental evidence that delegating to intelligent machines can increase dishonest behaviour," OSF Preprints dnjgz, Center for Open Science.
  18. Feess, Eberhard & Kerzenmacher, Florian & Muehlheusser, Gerd, 2023. "Morally questionable decisions by groups: Guilt sharing and its underlying motives," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 140(C), pages 380-400.
  19. Soraperra, Ivan & van der Weele, Joël & Villeval, Marie Claire & Shalvi, Shaul, 2023. "The social construction of ignorance: Experimental evidence," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 138(C), pages 197-213.
  20. Alice Guerra & Enya Turrini, 2025. "Social norms on unethical behaviors in the workplace: a lab experiment," International Review of Economics, Springer;Happiness Economics and Interpersonal Relations (HEIRS), vol. 72(1), pages 1-25, June.
  21. Castillo, Geoffrey & Choo, Lawrence & Grimm, Veronika, 2020. "Are groups really more dishonest than individuals?," FAU Discussion Papers in Economics 01/2020, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute for Economics, revised 2020.
  22. Bortolotti, Stefania & Kölle, Felix & Wenner, Lukas, 2022. "On the persistence of dishonesty," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 200(C), pages 1053-1065.
  23. Eugen Dimant & Shaul Shalvi, 2022. "Meta-Nudging Honesty: Past, Present, and Future of the Research Frontier," CESifo Working Paper Series 9939, CESifo.
  24. Simon Dato & Eberhard Feess & Jan-Patrick Mayer & Gerd Muehlheusser & Petra Nieken, 2025. "Unethical Decisions and Coordination in Groups: The Role of Information and Communication," CESifo Working Paper Series 12339, CESifo.
  25. Nick Feltovich, 2019. "The interaction between competition and unethical behaviour," Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 22(1), pages 101-130, March.
  26. Qin Wu & Ralph-C Bayer, 2025. "Does joint liability reduce cheating in contests with agency problems? Theory and experimental evidence," Papers 2511.21090, arXiv.org.
  27. Cagala, Tobias & Glogowsky, Ulrich & Rincke, Johannes & Schudy, Simeon, 2024. "Commitment requests do not affect truth-telling in laboratory and online experiments," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 143(C), pages 179-190.
  28. Lohse, Tim & Simon, Sven A. & Konrad, Kai A., 2018. "Deception under time pressure: Conscious decision or a problem of awareness?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 31-42.
  29. Shuguang Jiang & Marie Claire Villeval, 2024. "Dishonesty as a collective‐risk social dilemma," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 62(1), pages 223-241, January.
  30. Huber, Christoph & Litsios, Christos & Nieper, Annika & Promann, Timo, 2023. "On social norms and observability in (dis)honest behavior," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 1086-1099.
  31. Lohse, Tim & Simon, Sven A., 2021. "Compliance in teams – Implications of joint decisions and shared consequences," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
  32. Martinangeli, Andrea F.M. & Windsteiger, Lisa, 2024. "Inequality shapes the propagation of unethical behaviours: Cheating responses to tax evasion along the income distribution," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 220(C), pages 135-181.
  33. Arnab K. Basu & Nancy H. Chau & Anustup Kundu & Kunal Sen, 2024. "Dishonesty concessions in teams: Theory and experimental insights from local politicians in India," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2024-87, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
  34. Dickinson, David L., 2025. "Dark versus light personality types and moral choice," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
  35. Burgstaller, Lilith & Pfeil, Katharina, 2022. "You don't need an invoice, do you? An online experiment on collaborative tax evasion," Freiburg Discussion Papers on Constitutional Economics 22/6, Walter Eucken Institut e.V..
  36. Kerstin Grosch, Kerstin & Müller, Stephan & Rau, Holger A. & Zhurakhovska, Lilia, 2020. "Selection into Leadership and Dishonest Behavior of Leaders: A Gender Experiment," IHS Working Paper Series 19, Institute for Advanced Studies.
  37. Georgia Michailidou & Hande Erkut, 2022. "Lie O'Clock: Experimental Evidence on Intertemporal Lying Preferences," Working Papers 20220076, New York University Abu Dhabi, Department of Social Science, revised Apr 2022.
  38. Galeotti, Fabio & Kline, Reuben & Orsini, Raimondello, 2017. "When foul play seems fair: Exploring the link between just deserts and honesty," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 451-467.
  39. Dilmaghani, Maryam & Tabvuma, Vurain, 2020. "Who pays for my lies? Comparing dishonesty at the expense of the experimenter and fellow subjects," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 194(C).
  40. Hermann, Daniel & Brenig, Mattheus, 2022. "Dishonest online: A distinction between observable and unobservable lying," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 90(C).
  41. Lilleholt, Lau & Schild, Christoph & Zettler, Ingo, 2020. "Not all computerized cheating tasks are equal: A comparison of computerized and non-computerized versions of a cheating task," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 78(C).
  42. Ivan Soraperra & Joël van der Weele & Marie Claire Villeval & Shaul Shalvi, 2022. "The Social Construction of Ignorance: Experimental Evidence," Post-Print hal-03907198, HAL.
  43. Muehlheusser, Gerd & Promann, Timo & Roider, Andreas & Wallmeier, Niklas, 2024. "Honesty of Groups: Effects of Size and Gender Composition," IZA Discussion Papers 16954, IZA Network @ LISER.
  44. Feess, Eberhard & Kerzenmacher, Florian & Muehlheusser, Gerd, 2020. "Moral Transgressions by Groups: What Drives Individual Voting Behavior?," IZA Discussion Papers 13383, IZA Network @ LISER.
  45. Simon Dato & Eberhard Feess & Petra Nieken, 2022. "Lying in Competitive Environments: A Clean Identification of Behavioral Impacts," CESifo Working Paper Series 9861, CESifo.
  46. Nina Xue & Lata Gangadharan & Philip J. Grossman, 2025. "Are more heads more motivated than one? The role of communication in group belief updating," Department of Economics Working Papers wuwp375, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department of Economics.
  47. Yoshitaka Okano & Eiji Goto, 2019. "Groups disguise lying better," Working Papers SDES-2019-7, Kochi University of Technology, School of Economics and Management, revised Jun 2019.
  48. Fochmann, Martin & Fochmann, Nadja & Kocher, Martin G. & Müller, Nadja, 2021. "Dishonesty and risk-taking: Compliance decisions of individuals and groups," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 185(C), pages 250-286.
  49. Behnk, Sascha & Hao, Li & Reuben, Ernesto, 2022. "Shifting normative beliefs: On why groups behave more antisocially than individuals," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 145(C).
  50. Lan Yao & Chong Zhou, 2023. "Group lying with negative externality," International Studies of Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 18(2), pages 184-192, June.
  51. Martin Holmén & Felix Holzmeister & Michael Kirchler & Matthias Stefan & Erik Wengström, 2023. "Economic Preferences and Personality Traits Among Finance Professionals and the General Population," The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 133(656), pages 2949-2977.
  52. Marie Claire Villeval, 2024. "Dishonesty: A Behavioral Perspective," Post-Print hal-04369865, HAL.
  53. Charroin, Liza & Fortin, Bernard & Villeval, Marie Claire, 2022. "Peer effects, self-selection and dishonesty," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 200(C), pages 618-637.
  54. Irving Argaez Corona & Béatrice Boulu-Reshef & Jean-Christophe Vergnaud, 2024. "How close is close enough? When social closeness backfires on honesty [Jusqu’où peut aller la proximité sociale ? Quand la proximité sociale se retourne contre l’honnêteté]," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-05386224, HAL.
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  56. Shaul Shalvi & Ivan Soraperra & Joël van der Weele & Marie Claire Villeval, 2019. "Shooting the Messenger? Supply and Demand in Markets for Willful Ignorance," Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 19-071/I, Tinbergen Institute.
  57. Hermann, Daniel & Ostermaier, Andreas, 2018. "Be close to me and I will be honest: How social distance influences honesty," University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics 340, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics.
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  59. Grosch, Kerstin & Rau, Holger, 2017. "Gender differences in honesty: The role of social value orientation," University of Göttingen Working Papers in Economics 308, University of Goettingen, Department of Economics.
  60. Draganac, Dragana & Lu, Kelin, 2025. "Pricing asset beyond financial fundamentals: The impact of prosocial preference and image concerns," Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Elsevier, vol. 170(C).
  61. Castillo, Geoffrey & Choo, Lawrence & Grimm, Veronika, 2022. "Are groups always more dishonest than individuals? The case of salient negative externalities," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 198(C), pages 598-611.
  62. Andrea F.M. Martinangeli & Lisa Windsteiger, 2022. "The Propagation of Unethical Behaviours: Cheating Responses to Tax Evasion," CESifo Working Paper Series 10144, CESifo.
  63. Kerstin Grosch & Stephan Müller & Holger A. Rau & Lilia Wasserka-Zhurakhovska, 2020. "Gender Differences in Dishonesty Disappear When Leaders Make Decisions on Behalf of Their Team," CESifo Working Paper Series 8514, CESifo.
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  69. Dato, Simon & Feess, Eberhard & Nieken, Petra, 2019. "Lying and reciprocity," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 193-218.
  70. Hermann, Daniel & Mußhoff, Oliver, 2019. "I might be a liar, but I am not a thief: An experimental distinction between the moral costs of lying and stealing," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 163(C), pages 135-139.
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