Competition, information, and the erosion of morals

We study the impact of competition on morals using a dynamic variant die-under-the-cup task. Players can repeatedly misreport outputs consecutive die rolls to earn more money, either under an individual piece-rate pay scheme or in two-player tournament. In this setting, we disentangle effect incentive and information provision about one’s relative performance, by comparing settings with continuous vs. final ex post feedback counterpart’s reported outcome. find that individuals lie competitive rather than non-competitive schemes, but only if both players cheat Continuous reports does not increase cheating tournament, while it scheme. These findings shed light effects different policies have occupational settings.