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The victim matters – experimental evidence on lying, moral costs and moral cleansing

Lukas MeubFaculty of Economic Sciences, Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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Till ProegerFaculty of Economic Sciences, Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tim SchneiderFaculty of Economic Sciences, Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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Kilian BizerFaculty of Economic Sciences, Chair of Economic Policy and SME Research, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
Pages 1162-1167 | Published online: 27 Jan 2016

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