Working Paper
Gender Differences in Honesty: Groups Versus Individuals
Gerd Muehlheusser, Andreas Roider, Niklas Wallmeier
CESifo, Munich, 2014
CESifo Working Paper No. 4970
CESifo, Munich, 2014
CESifo Working Paper No. 4970
Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to unethical behavior by individuals and by two-person groups. In contrast to individual decisions, gender matters strongly under group decisions. We find more lying in male groups and mixed groups than in female groups.
CESifo Category
Empirical and Theoretical Methods
Public Choice
Empirical and Theoretical Methods
Public Choice
Keywords: unethical behavior, lying, group decisions, gender effects, experiment
JEL Classification: C910, C920, J160