Cagala T, Glogowsky U, Rincke J (2019)
Publication Type: Other publication type
Publication year: 2019
DOI: 10.1257/rct.6700-1.0
Open Access Link: http://www.wirtschaftspolitik.rw.uni-erlangen.de/research/2019_08_12_lab.pdf
This paper uses a laboratory experiment to test how the request to sign a nocheating
declaration affects truth-telling. We find that the effects strongly depend
on the declaration’s content. Signing a no-cheating declaration increases
truth-telling if it is morally charged, does not affect behavior if it is morally neutral,
and reduces truth-telling if it is morally neutral and threatens to punish.
The latter effect is driven by subjects with particularly high values on Hong’s
Psychological Reactance Scale. These are subjects with a tendency to push back
if their freedom of choice is restricted.
APA:
Cagala, T., Glogowsky, U., & Rincke, J. (2019). Content Matters: The Effects of Commitment Requests on Truth-Telling.
MLA:
Cagala, Tobias, Ulrich Glogowsky, and Johannes Rincke. Content Matters: The Effects of Commitment Requests on Truth-Telling. 2019.
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