Three Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics

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dc.contributor.advisorHouser, Daniel E.
dc.contributor.authorChen, Jingnan
dc.creatorChen, Jingnan
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-18T01:53:14Z
dc.date.available2014-09-18T01:53:14Z
dc.date.issued2014-05
dc.description.abstractDeception is part of many important economic interactions, for example, insurance claims, job interviews, labor negotiations, regulatory hearing, and tax compliance. In those settings, people may increase their expected material gain by providing information that they believe to be false, a behavior predicted by standard economic theory. Yet, life experience as well as recent academic literatures shows that sometimes people do tell the truth at a cost to self. This stands in contrast to standard economic theory. To better understand these behaviors, my current dissertation focuses on deception and commitment within the context of free-style communication, surveys the non-human primates literature, and contributes to our understanding of deception, promises, and justice judgments.
dc.format.extent130 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1920/8853
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsCopyright 2014 Jingnan Chen
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subjectDeception
dc.subjectLaboratory Experiments
dc.subjectMulti-trust game
dc.subjectNon-human Primates
dc.titleThree Essays in Behavioral and Experimental Economics
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.grantorGeorge Mason University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral

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