Research Handbook on Unethical Behavior

Edited by Alessandro Bucciol, Professor of Econometrics and Simone Quercia, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Verona, Italy

• Contents1 Unethical behavior: a behavioral economics perspective 1Alessandro Bucciol and Simone Quercia2 Measuring unethical behavior using experiments 6Lara Ezquerra and Ismael Rodríguez Lara3 Unethical behavior in children 29Despoina Alempaki4 Unveiling the gender dynamics of dishonest behavior in economics: areview of experimental approaches 46Valeria Maggian and Natalia Montinari5 The social determinants of unethical behavior 65Marie Claire Villeval6 Honesty as a norm 84Daniele Nosenzo and Sarah Zaccagni7 Moral suasion in economic experiments 104Loukas Balafoutas8 Belief management and unethical behavior 119Samuel Lindquist , Silvia Saccardo and Marta Serra-Garcia9 What do information choices tell us about selfishness? Preferenceconstruction and preference revelation 139Danae Arroyos-Calvera, Rebecca McDonald, Daniel Read and Bruce Rigal10 The neurobiological basis of aggressive behavior 160Francesco Orzi11 Under pressure: unveiling the instincts behind (dis)honesty 171BeatriceBrautand MarcoPiovesan12 The morality of market exchanges: between societal values and trade-offs 186Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis13 Unethical behavior in tournaments 201Francesco Fallucchi14 Tax evasion 212Irene Maria Buso and Luca Corazzini15 Breaking bias: pathways to reducing discrimination 231Vojtĕch Bartoš16 Corrupt collaboration 265Ori Weisel

‘An essential resource for anyone interested in understanding unethical behavior. This Research Handbook provides interdisciplinary perspectives on its drivers and outlines avenues to promote ethical decision-making.’