TY - JOUR

T1 - The Impact of Peer Presence on Cheating

AU - Bäker, Agnes

AU - Mechtel, Mario

PY - 2019/4/1

Y1 - 2019/4/1

N2 - Recent research has shown that the presence of peers can increase individual output both in the lab and the field. This paper tests for negative side effects of such peer settings. We investigate whether peer settings are particularly prone to cheating even if they do not provide additional monetary benefits of cheating. Participants in our real-effort experiment had the opportunity to cheat when declaring their output levels. Although cheating did not have different monetary consequences when working alone than when working in the presence of a peer, we find that cheating is a more severe problem in peer settings.(JEL J20, J30, M50).

AB - Recent research has shown that the presence of peers can increase individual output both in the lab and the field. This paper tests for negative side effects of such peer settings. We investigate whether peer settings are particularly prone to cheating even if they do not provide additional monetary benefits of cheating. Participants in our real-effort experiment had the opportunity to cheat when declaring their output levels. Although cheating did not have different monetary consequences when working alone than when working in the presence of a peer, we find that cheating is a more severe problem in peer settings.(JEL J20, J30, M50).

KW - Economics

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U2 - 10.1111/ecin.12760

DO - 10.1111/ecin.12760

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:85060545629

VL - 57

SP - 792

EP - 812

JO - Economic Inquiry

JF - Economic Inquiry

SN - 0095-2583

IS - 2

ER -