Unethical behavior in the field: Demographic characteristics and beliefs of the cheater

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 248-257

  Bucciol, Alessandro ^a   Landini, Fabio ^b   Piovesan, Marco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cheating; Fare evasion; Individual characteristics; Unethical behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884415228     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2013.03.018     Document Type: Article

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