Bare promises: An experiment

Gary Charness; Martin Dufwenberg

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2010.02.009

Bare promises: An experiment

Gary Charness
, Martin Dufwenberg

Economics

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Abstract

Is truth-value of a statement what lying aversion is all about? We propose an experimental test and find only limited support. In this context with 'bare promises', we also test for guilt aversion and again find only limited support.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	281-283
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	107
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2010.02.009
State	Published - May 2010

Keywords

Communication
Cost-of-lying
Guilt aversion
Promises
Truth-value

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Finance
Economics and Econometrics

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