Size Matters : When it Comes to Lies

Eisenkopf, Gerald; Gurtoviy, Ruslan; Utikal, Verena

Size Matters : When it Comes to Lies

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Date

2011

Authors

Eisenkopf, Gerald

Gurtoviy, Ruslan

Utikal, Verena

Series

Working Paper Series / Department of Economics; 2011-14

Publication type

Working Paper/Technical Report

Abstract

A small lie appears trivial but it obviously violates moral commandments. We analyze whether the preference for others’ truth telling is absolute or depends on the size of a lie. In a laboratory experiment we compare punishment for different sizes of lies controlling for the resulting economic harm. We find that people are sensitive to the size of a lie and that this behavioural pattern is driven by honest people. People who lie themselves punish softly in any context.

Subject (DDC)

330 Economics

Keywords

Lying, norm violation, punishment, experiment

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EISENKOPF, Gerald, Ruslan GURTOVIY, Verena UTIKAL, 2011. Size Matters : When it Comes to Lies

BibTex

@techreport{Eisenkopf2011Matte-29761,
  year={2011},
  series={Working Paper Series / Department of Economics},
  title={Size Matters : When it Comes to Lies},
  number={2011-14},
  author={Eisenkopf, Gerald and Gurtoviy, Ruslan and Utikal, Verena}
}

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