Students cheat more: Comparing dishonesty of a student and a representative sample in the laboratory

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Students cheat more : Comparing dishonesty of a student and a representative sample in the laboratory. / Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt.

In: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 122, No. 1, 2020, p. 257-279.

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Harvard

Fosgaard, TR 2020, 'Students cheat more: Comparing dishonesty of a student and a representative sample in the laboratory', Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 122, no. 1, pp. 257-279. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12326

APA

Fosgaard, T. R. (2020). Students cheat more: Comparing dishonesty of a student and a representative sample in the laboratory. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 122(1), 257-279. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12326

Vancouver

Fosgaard TR. Students cheat more: Comparing dishonesty of a student and a representative sample in the laboratory. Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 2020;122(1):257-279. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12326

Author

Fosgaard, Toke Reinholt. / Students cheat more : Comparing dishonesty of a student and a representative sample in the laboratory. In: Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 2020 ; Vol. 122, No. 1. pp. 257-279.

Bibtex

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