Context-dependent cheating: Experimental evidence from 16 countries

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 379-386

  Pascual Ezama, David ^a   Fosgaard, Toke R ^b   Cardenas, Juan Camilo ^c   Kujal, Praveen ^d   Veszteg, Robert ^e   Gil Gómez de Liaño, Beatriz ^f   Gunia, Brian ^g   Weichselbaumer, Doris ^h   Hilken, Katharina ⁱ   Antinyan, Armenak ^j   Delnoij, Joyce ^k   Proestakis, Antonios ^l   Tira, Michael D ^m   Pratomo, Yulius ⁿ   Jaber López, Tarek ^o   Brañas Garza, Pablo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

ⁱ VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^k UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁿ SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^o UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Corruption; Cultural differences; Honesty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934877359     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.020     Document Type: Article

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