Do cheaters in the lab also cheat in the field?

• Published in: European economic review Vol. 87; pp. 26 - 33
• Main Authors: Potters, Jan, Stoop, Jan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.08.2016; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Behavior; Cheating; Correlation analysis; Earnings; Game theory; Laboratory experiment; Natural field experiment; Overpayment; Studies; D63; Cheating; C91; C93; Laboratory experiment; Natural field experiment

In this paper, we study the correlation between cheating in the lab and cheating in the field. We conduct a laboratory experiment using a variant of the Mind game (Jiang, 2013). Payoffs above a certain threshold are indicative of cheating behavior. Subjects are paid their earnings by bank transfer....