Why do people tell the truth? Experimental evidence for pure lie aversion

Experimental Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 233-247

  López Pérez, Raúl ^a   Spiegelman, Eli ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Vanier College   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communication; Guilt aversion; Honesty; Lie aversion; Norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881218362     PISSN: 13864157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10683-012-9324-x     Document Type: Article

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