Gender differences in lying in sender-receiver games: a meta-analysis
Capraro, Valerio (2018) Gender differences in lying in sender-receiver games: a meta-analysis. Judgment and Decision Making, 13 (4). pp. 345-355. ISSN 1930-2975
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Abstract
Whether there are gender di erences in lying has been largely debated in the past decade. Previous studies found mixed results. To shed light on this topic, here I report a meta-analysis of 8,728 distinct observations, collected in 65 Sender-Receiver game treatments, by 14 research groups. Following previous work and theoretical considerations, I distinguish three types of lies: black lies, which benefit the liar at a cost for another person; altruistic white lies, which benefit another person at a cost for the liar; and Pareto white lies, which benefit both the liar and another person. The results show that: males are significantly more likely than females to tell black lies (N=4,173); males are significantly more likely than females to tell altruistic white (N=2,940); and results are inconclusive in the case of Pareto white lies (N=1,615). Furthermore, gender di erences in telling altruistic white lies are significantly stronger than in the other two cases.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Areas: | A. > Business School > Economics |
Item ID: | 25710 |
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Depositing User: | Valerio Capraro |
Date Deposited: | 26 Nov 2018 12:08 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2019 10:21 |
URI: | https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/id/eprint/25710 |
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