From the abstract: <i>Studies 1 and 2 demonstrate that winning a competition increases the likelihood of winners to steal money</i><p>So while you&#x27;re not wrong, it doesn&#x27;t mean my above post is wrong either ;)<p>&gt; Being voted into office doesn&#x27;t cause dishonesty. It&#x27;s the reverse: dishonesty helps with being voted into office.<p>This makes intuitive sense (and I even agree with it) but I fail to see this stated in the abstract (didn&#x27;t read the PDF though)