Punishing liars-How monitoring affects honesty and trust
| Autor: | Iván Barreda-Tarrazona, Sascha Behnk, Aurora García-Gallego |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
Deception
Punishment (psychology) Experimental Economics Economics media_common.quotation_subject Emotions Social Sciences lcsh:Medicine Affect (psychology) Trust Punishment Reward Honesty 0502 economics and business Sanctions Humans Psychology Communication source 050207 economics Cooperative Behavior lcsh:Science 050205 econometrics media_common Probability Motivation Behavior Multidisciplinary Criminal Punishment 05 social sciences lcsh:R Behavioral pattern Biology and Life Sciences Experimental economics Models Theoretical Games Experimental Recreation Law and Legal Sciences lcsh:Q Games Social psychology Behavior Observation Techniques Finance Criminal Justice System Research Article |
| Zdroj: | PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 10, p e0205420 (2018) PLoS ONE Repositori Universitat Jaume I Universitat Jaume I |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| Popis: | Previous experiments have shown that the possibility to punish liars does not per se increase honesty in principal-agent relationships. In this study, we first establish a punishment mechanism that substantially enhances honest behavior and trust in a sender-receiver game: the possibility to impose severe sanctions that are cost-free for enforcers. Adopting this effective mechanism, we investigate how variations in the probability of detecting lies affect sender and receiver. We find that high honesty levels persist under such punishment mechanism even when the detection probability is significantly reduced. Furthermore, the relationship between monitoring and honesty does not follow a linear trend, as a moderate monitoring level proves to be less effective in enhancing honesty than high or very low levels. The punishment mechanism has an even more robust effect on receivers, showing similarly high levels of trust independently of the detection probability. Our analysis of subjects’ beliefs provides further insights into the mechanics behind these behavioral patterns. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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