Title

Academic economists behaving badly? A survey on three areas of unethical behavior

Authors

Authors

J. A. List; C. D. Bailey; P. J. Euzent;T. L. Martin

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Econ. Inq.

Keywords

UNIVERSITIES; MISCONDUCT; Economics

Abstract

This article measures the degree to which academic economists have engaged in unethical behavior and the degree to which academic economists believe the profession as a whole engages in unethical behavior: Three main types of unethical behavior are examined: (I) falsification of research; (2) expropriation of graduate student research or including an undeserving co-author on a research paper; and (3) exchange of grades for gifts, money, or sex. Using a unique data set gathered at the 1998 American Economic Association (AEA) meetings, we find that there is a significant amount of misconduct, particularly in the second category.

Journal Title

Economic Inquiry

Volume

39

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

162

Last Page

170

WOS Identifier

WOS:000166536300013

ISSN

0095-2583

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