Management summary Research Study “Effectiveness of ex ante honesty oaths in reducing dishonesty depends on content”
This study examined the effectiveness of honesty oaths—commitments made before an action to encourage honesty—as a tool for reducing dishonest behaviors like tax evasion, which have costly societal impacts. A large-scale online experiment with 21,506 participants from the UK and US assessed 21 different honesty oaths (plus a no-oath control) in a task modeling the […]