Ticket inspection on public transport can prompt law-abiding people to behave dishonestly once they have gotten off the bus, according to a study published in The Economic Journal.
The study was written by three experimental economists: Fabio Galeotti and Marie Claire Villeval of The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in the Groupe d’Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St-Etienne (GATE), and Valeria Maggian from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.
In order to study the “side effects” of ticket inspection, researchers designed and carried out a complex large-scale study on public transport and in the streets of Lyon, France. During typical weekdays and avoiding rush hours, research assistants and professional actors/actresses, in pairs, got onto a bus or tram. [Read more…] about Ticket inspections may reduce honesty: Research on bus passengers in Lyon
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