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The effect of priming on fraud: Evidence from a natural field experiment

dc.contributor.authorBindra, PC
dc.contributor.authorPearce, G
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-13T14:27:46Z
dc.date.issued2022-04-30
dc.date.updated2022-05-13T14:11:54Z
dc.description.abstractWe present a natural field experiment to examine if priming can influence behavior in a market for credence goods. 40 testers took 600 taxi journeys in Vienna, Austria, and using a between–subject design we vary the script they spoke, each designed to prime either honesty, dishonesty, or a competitor. We find that the honesty prime increases taxi fares by 5.5% relative to a baseline, the result of overcharging rather than overtreatment. Priming dishonesty and a competitor have no impact on fares. We find that the effects of priming on behavior are likely to be small compared to information asymmetries.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipAustrian Science Funden_GB
dc.identifier.citationPublished online 30 April 2022en_GB
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/ecin.13088
dc.identifier.grantnumberSFB F63en_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/129608
dc.identifierORCID: 0000-0002-4701-2629 (Pearce, Graeme)
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherWiley / Western Economic Association Internationalen_GB
dc.rights© 2022 The Authors. Economic Inquiry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Western Economic Association International. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_GB
dc.subjectcredence goodsen_GB
dc.subjectfield experimentsen_GB
dc.subjectfrauden_GB
dc.subjectprimingen_GB
dc.titleThe effect of priming on fraud: Evidence from a natural field experimenten_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2022-05-13T14:27:46Z
dc.identifier.issn0095-2583
dc.descriptionThis is the final version. Available from Wiley via the DOI in this record. en_GB
dc.identifier.eissn1465-7295
dc.identifier.journalEconomic Inquiryen_GB
dc.relation.ispartofEconomic Inquiry
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_GB
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-04-07
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rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2022-04-30
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_GB
refterms.dateFCD2022-05-13T14:23:33Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2022-05-13T14:31:12Z
refterms.panelCen_GB
refterms.dateFirstOnline2022-04-30


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© 2022 The Authors. Economic Inquiry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Western Economic Association International. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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