Experimental Assessment of Cheating Prevalence in the Czech Republic as an Example of a Post- Communist Country
2018
Abstract
Dishonest behavior presents a serious problem in many countries' institutions and was found to be relatively widespread in post-communist countries. We focus on the prevalence of cheating in a sample from such country, the Czech Republic, and individual characteristics influencing dishonest behavior.
We used a die rolling task where participants can cheat on their reward to determine whether anonymity conditions increase the frequency of cheating. Participants playing alone did not cheat significantly more than the control group throwing dice publicly.
We did not find that gender, cognitive abilities, risk and social preferences robustly predicted the rate of cheating.