To claim or not to claim: Anonymity, symmetric externalities and honesty

We present experimental evidence to this effect. Second, does honest reporting increase when it is public knowledge that claims affect others’ payoffs and claimants’ payoffs are symmetrically affected by others’ claims? We find no such effect. Making claims public and having symmetric externalities together increases honesty, but this effect is driven solely by the reduction in anonymity.

Source: Journal of Economic Psychology - October 6, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research