Undervaluation versus unaffordability as negotiation tactics: Evidence from a field experiment

H Bhattacharya, S Dugar - Journal of Economic Psychology, 2023 - Elsevier
We use a field experiment to evaluate the impacts of two price negotiation tactics on buyers'
bargaining payoffs in a marketplace where face-to-face haggling determines price and …

Why is dishonesty difficult to mitigate? The interaction between descriptive norm and monetary incentive

A Mitra, Q Shahriar - Journal of Economic Psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
We examine whether changes in perceived norm of dishonesty can offset the effects of
changes in benefit from the dishonest action. We find partial support for the hypothesis in …

Business norm versus norm-nudge as a contract-enforcing mechanism: Evidence from a real marketplace

H Bhattacharya, S Dugar - European Economic Review, 2022 - Elsevier
We design a natural field experiment to examine the impacts of norm-based interventions in
enhancing honesty in a large decentralized marketplace fraught with contractual breaches …

On customer (dis-) honesty in unobservable queues: The role of lying aversion

A Estrada Rodriguez, R Ibrahim… - Management …, 2025 - pubsonline.informs.org
Queues where people misreport their private information to access service faster are
everywhere. Motivated by the prevalence of such behavior in practice, we construct a …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of individual and group behavior in a competition with cheating opportunities

A Dannenberg, E Khachatryan - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2020 - Elsevier
While it is well established that individuals and groups make different economic decisions,
the reasons for the behavioral differences are still not fully understood. We experimentally …

[HTML][HTML] (Dis) honesty in the face of uncertain gains or losses

W Steinel, K Valtcheva, J Gross, J Celse, S Max… - Journal of Economic …, 2022 - Elsevier
We examine dishonest behavior in the face of potential uncertain gains and losses in three
pre-studies (N= 150, N= 225, N= 188) and a main study (N= 240). Ample research has …

Uncertain lies: How payoff uncertainty affects dishonesty

J Celse, S Max, W Steinel, I Soraperra… - Journal of Economic …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper we experimentally explore how lying changes when its consequences are not
certain. We argue that, when consequences are not certain, lying is morally less costly …

On customer (dis) honesty in priority queues: The role of lying aversion

R Ibrahim, A Estrada Rodriguez, D Zhan - Management Science, 2024 - discovery.ucl.ac.uk
Queues where people misreport their private information to access service faster are
everywhere. Motivated by the prevalence of such behaviour in practice, we construct a …

The Hidden Cost of Bargaining: Evidence from a Cheating‐Prone Marketplace

H Bhattacharya, S Dugar - International Economic Review, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
It is widely believed that successful bargaining helps consumers increase their surplus. We
present evidence from a field experiment showing that bargaining over price reduces buyer …

Gender and deception: Evidence from survey data among adolescent gamblers

A Guerra, E Randon, AE Scorcu - Kyklos, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We examine gender differences in adolescent gamblers' deception behavior towards their
parents. The analysis is based on a unique cross‐sectional survey conducted in 2014 in …