Lying Aversion and the Size of the Lie

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Requiem for a Nudge: Framing effects in nudging honesty (2020, neutral): “…mechanisms mediating the extent of deviant behavior, including applicability of social norms, image concerns, preference for appearing honest, and intrinsic lying costs, among others (e.g., Mazar et al., 2008; Hao and Houser, 2017; Gneezy et al., 2018a; Kajackaite, 2018; Bicchieri et al., 2019b ).”
Language and Consumer Dishonesty: A Self-Diagnosticity Theory (2021, background): “Similarly, Gneezy, Kajackaite, and Sobel (2018) propose that the intrinsic cost of lying, or the extent lying is perceived as against the goal to be an honest person, is determined by situational factors, such as the distance between the truth and the lie, and that people lie when the intrinsic…”