@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp9860, author={Ruffle, Bradley and Tobol, Yossef}, title={Clever Enough to Tell the Truth}, year={2016}, month={Mar}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={9860}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp9860}, abstract={We conduct a field experiment on 427 Israeli soldiers who each rolled a six-sided die in private and reported the outcome. For every point reported, the soldier received an additional half-hour early release from the army base on Thursday afternoon. We find that the higher a soldier's military entrance score, the more honest he is on average. We replicate this finding on a sample of 156 civilians paid in cash for their die reports. Furthermore, the civilian experiments reveal that two measures of cognitive ability predict honesty, whereas general self-report honesty questions and a consistency check among them are of no value. We provide a rationale for the relationship between cognitive ability and honesty and discuss its generalizability.}, keywords={high non-monetary stakes;honesty;cognitive ability;soldiers}, }