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Naughty or nice: Is there a financial reward for acting ethically?

  • Written by Jay L. Zagorsky, Economist and Research Scientist, The Ohio State University
imageClearly, the kids have been good.Angyalosi Beata/Shutterstock.com

It is almost Christmas time, and the song “Santa Claus is coming to town” keeps playing over and over.

For me, the key lines of this jingle are “He knows if you’ve been bad or good so be good for goodness sake.” The implications of this are clear: Good...

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