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Do high fines *encourage* tax evasion?

e economics-of-crime approach usually ignores the emotional cost and benefit of cheating. In this paper, we investigate the relationships between emotions, deception, and rational decision-making by means of an experiment on tax evasion. Emotions are measured by skin conductance responses and self-reports. We show that the intensity of anticipated and anticipatory emotions before reporting positively correlates with both the decision to cheat and the proportion of evaded income. The experienced emotional arousal after an audit increases with the monetary sanctions…


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How much does income affect job satisfaction? And how much does job satisfaction affect income?

come doesn't affect job satisfaction at all and job satisfaction affects income more than you might think: The present research is concerned with the direction of influence between objective and subjective career success. We conducted a prospective longitudinal study with five waves of measurement that covered a time span of 10 years. Participants were professionals working in different occupational fields (N=1,336). We modelled the changes in objective success (income, hierarchical position), in other-referent subjective success (subjective success as compared to…


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Outside of increasing earning power, does schooling really have much of an impact on our lives?

solutely: This paper explores the many avenues by which schooling affects lifetime well-being. Experiences and skills acquired in school reverberate throughout life, not just through higher earnings. Schooling also affects the degree one enjoys work and the likelihood of being unemployed. It leads individuals to make better decisions about health, marriage, and parenting. It also improves patience, making individuals more goal-oriented and less likely to engage in risky behavior. Schooling improves trust and social interaction, and may offer substantial consumption…


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Does blushing serve a purpose?

is study investigated the remedial value of blushing in the context of clear-cut predicaments. Besides testing the effects of displaying a blush on a neutral expression, we investigated whether blushing increased the remedial properties of shameful and embarrassed expressions. After reading a vignette describing either a transgression (Experiment 1; N = 66) or a mishap (Experiment 2; N = 62), participants saw pictures of people with or without a blush and rated them on several dimensions (e.g., sympathy, trustworthiness). The…


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Check out my new monthly column in Wired Magazine:

m pleased to announce "Lab Notes", my new monthly column in the UK edition of Wired Magazine. My first piece appears in the September issue, which should be available in stores now. I'll be in the START section of the magazine which also features Dan Ariely and Vaughan Bell, among others. You can't see the article online just yet but editor David Rowan makes mention of it here. I hope you all check it out. Thanks, Eric   You should…


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Are their racial differences in who suffers from erectile dysfunction?

TRODUCTION: The burden of erectile dysfunction (ED) among different racial and ethnic groups is unclear, in part, because prior studies have not included all four major racial and ethnic groups in the same population-based sample. AIM: To determine the prevalence and odds of ED among all four major racial and ethnic groups after adjustment for demographic, medical, socioeconomic, and lifestyle characteristics. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted using data from men, aged 45-69 years, without a diagnosis of prostate cancer…


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Do elite athletes have superior cognitive function?

in 25K+ subscribers. No spam, ever. Enter your email here:   Yes: Recent literature has demonstrated the usefulness of fitness and computer-based cognitive training as a means to enhance cognition and brain function. However, it is unclear whether the combination of fitness and cognitive training that results from years of extensive sport training also results in superior performance on tests of cognitive processes. In this study we examine, in a quantitative meta-analysis (k = 20), the relationship between expertise in sports and…


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Which language should you advertise to bilinguals in?

en targeting bilingual consumers, advertisers have a choice of advertising in a bilingual's native language or in the country's dominant language. Within the U.S. Hispanic community, for example, Kellog's has a choice of advertising Frosted Flakes in English or in Spanish. But which is the better choice and why? This research considers whether the choice of language in advertising to bilinguals may influence the types of thoughts they have in response to an advertisement. The underlying issue is whether advertisers…


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