I compare lying behavior in a real-effort task in which participants have control over out-comes and a task in which outcomes are determined by pure luck. Participants lie significantly more in the random-draw task than in the real-effort task, leading to the conclusion lying about luck is intrinsically less costly than lying about performance.

Lying about luck versus lying about performance / A. Kajackaite. - In: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION. - ISSN 0167-2681. - 153:(2018 Sep), pp. 194-199. [10.1016/j.jebo.2018.07.010]

Lying about luck versus lying about performance

A. Kajackaite
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2018

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I compare lying behavior in a real-effort task in which participants have control over out-comes and a task in which outcomes are determined by pure luck. Participants lie significantly more in the random-draw task than in the real-effort task, leading to the conclusion lying about luck is intrinsically less costly than lying about performance.
Cheating; Lying costs; Luck versus merit:
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