Research Handbook on Unethical Behavior

Alessandro Bucciol, Simone Quercia (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

300 Seiten

2026
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-0726-5 (ISBN)

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This in-depth Research Handbook integrates insights from different disciplines to analyse the mechanisms underlying unethical behavior, presenting a compelling picture of unethical behavior as a complex, context-dependent phenomenon. Alessandro Bucciol and Simone Quercia bring together leading researchers from economics, psychology and neuroscience to explore unethical behavior’s uniquely multifaceted nature.

Chapters cover demographic and social determinants, cognitive and neurobiological factors, highlighting how subtle contextual cues and incentives can lead to ethical blind spots. Adopting a behavioral economics approach, the contributing authors use experiments to rigorously test conjectures and hypotheses. Their findings advocate for promising developments for policy design, norm-based interventions and educational strategies that promote ethical conduct across age groups, genders and institutional settings.

The Research Handbook on Unethical Behavior is a vital resource for students, academics and researchers in economics, psychology, sociology and social policy, as well as policymakers looking to learn the mechanisms behind unethical behavior and are interested in adopting solutions.

Edited by Alessandro Bucciol, Professor of Econometrics and Simone Quercia, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of Verona, Italy

Contents
1 Unethical behavior: a behavioral economics perspective 1
Alessandro Bucciol and Simone Quercia
2 Measuring unethical behavior using experiments 6
Lara Ezquerra and Ismael Rodríguez Lara
3 Unethical behavior in children 29
Despoina Alempaki
4 Unveiling the gender dynamics of dishonest behavior in economics: a
review of experimental approaches 46
Valeria Maggian and Natalia Montinari
5 The social determinants of unethical behavior 65
Marie Claire Villeval
6 Honesty as a norm 84
Daniele Nosenzo and Sarah Zaccagni
7 Moral suasion in economic experiments 104
Loukas Balafoutas
8 Belief management and unethical behavior 119
Samuel Lindquist , Silvia Saccardo and Marta Serra-Garcia
9 What do information choices tell us about selfishness? Preference
construction and preference revelation 139
Danae Arroyos-Calvera, Rebecca McDonald, Daniel Read and Bruce Rigal
10 The neurobiological basis of aggressive behavior 160
Francesco Orzi
11 Under pressure: unveiling the instincts behind (dis)honesty 171
BeatriceBrautand MarcoPiovesan
12 The morality of market exchanges: between societal values and trade-offs 186
Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera and Mario Macis
13 Unethical behavior in tournaments 201
Francesco Fallucchi
14 Tax evasion 212
Irene Maria Buso and Luca Corazzini
15 Breaking bias: pathways to reducing discrimination 231
Vojtĕch Bartoš
16 Corrupt collaboration 265
Ori Weisel

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.3.2026
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	169 x 244 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-0353-0726-X / 103530726X
ISBN-13	978-1-0353-0726-5 / 9781035307265
Zustand	Neuware