Are people willing to tell Pareto white lies? A review and new experimental evidence

DOI10.3390/G12010001MaRDI QIDQ2052477zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Lian Xue, Charlotte Brown, Edward J. P. Cartwright

Publication date 26 November 2021

Published in Games (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.3390/g12010001

zbMATH Keywords

altruistic liedishonestylie aversionPareto white lieselfish lie

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Signaling and communication in game theory (91A28) Applications of game theory (91A80)

Review text

The authors considered how individuals behave in telling the so called Pareto white lies when the lie provides benefices to both gamblers. They reviewed evidences based on new experimental results obtained in UK and China. They claim having found marginal evidence that in China individuals tend to be more propense to lying than in the UK.

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