Title

Academic Economists Behaving Badly? A Survey On Three Areas Of Unethical Behavior

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: (1) 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. (JEL A11, A13).

Publication Date

1-1-2001

Publication Title

Economic Inquiry

Volume

39

Issue

1

Number of Pages

162-170

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/ei/39.1.162

Socpus ID

0035586907 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0035586907

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