Contract cheating and the market in essays
Rigby, Dan; Burton, Michael; Balcombe, Kevin; et al.Bateman, IJ; Mulatu, Abay
Date: 1 March 2015
Journal
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Publisher
Elsevier
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Abstract
We conduct the first empirical economic investigation of the decision to cheat by university students. We investigate student demand for essays, using hypothetical discrete choice experiments in conjunction with consequential Holt–Laury gambles to derive subjects’ risk preferences. Students’ stated willingness to participate in the ...
We conduct the first empirical economic investigation of the decision to cheat by university students. We investigate student demand for essays, using hypothetical discrete choice experiments in conjunction with consequential Holt–Laury gambles to derive subjects’ risk preferences. Students’ stated willingness to participate in the essay market, and their valuation of purchased essays, vary with the characteristics of student and institutional environment. Risk preferring students, those working in a non-native language, and those believing they will attain a lower grade are willing to pay more. Purchase likelihoods and essay valuations decline as the probability of detection and associated penalty increase.
Economics
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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