Cheating in mind games: The subtlety of rules matters

•Cheating is invisible in the mind game.•I compare cheating behavior using two variants of the “mind game”.•The only difference between the variants rests on the ordering of the instructed steps.•The ordering not only affects the extent of cheating, but also leads to distinct behavioral patterns inc...

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Published inJournal of economic behavior & organization Vol. 93; pp. 328 - 336
Main Author Jiang, Ting
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.09.2013
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
Subjects
Cheating
Cognitive psychology
Decision time
Economic behaviour
Economic organization
Experimental methods
Game theory
Games
Mind game
Moral image
Rule design
Social sciences
Studies
Variants
D63
Cheating
Moral image
Mind game
K42
C91
Rule design
H26
Decision time
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Summary:•Cheating is invisible in the mind game.•I compare cheating behavior using two variants of the “mind game”.•The only difference between the variants rests on the ordering of the instructed steps.•The ordering not only affects the extent of cheating, but also leads to distinct behavioral patterns including decision time. This paper employs two variants of the “mind game” to show how a subtle variation in the game's rules affects cheating. In both variants of the game, cheating is invisible because subjects make their choices purely in their minds. The only difference stems from the ordering of steps that subjects are instructed to follow when playing the game. The order of play has a significant impact on cheating behavior, even though the rules cannot be enforced.
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ISSN:0167-2681
1879-1751
DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2013.04.003