Experimental Evidence on Gender Interaction in Lying Behavior

Seeun Jung (1) , Radu Vranceanu (1)

1 ESSEC Business School and THEMA (UMR 8184)

The paper reports results from an Ultimatum Game experiment with asymmetric information where Proposers can send to Responders misleading information about their endowment. We allow for all possible gender combinations in the Proposer-Responder pairs. Proposer messages that underestimate the actual amount are quite widespread. The frequency of lying is slightly higher in mixed groups. Conditional on lying, men tend to state bigger lies than women. On the other hand, women tend to tell smaller lies when paired with men, than when paired with women. In general, women present higher acceptance rates than men.

Mots clés: Gender studies; Ultimatum Game; Asymmetric information; Lies; Extensive vs. intensive margin

Domaines: Gestion et management

Seeun Jung, Radu Vranceanu. Experimental Evidence on Gender Interaction in Lying Behavior. 2015. ⟨hal-01184964v2⟩