You're both right. I think the study is on what it is because that is the less obvious of the two, and the more academically interesting. Cheaters winning is rather obvious. But it's also a chicken and the egg situation. Which came first? Cheating or winning? To each their own probably. The stories of our lives...
So while you're not wrong, it doesn't mean my above post is wrong either ;)
> Being voted into office doesn't cause dishonesty. It's the reverse: dishonesty helps with being voted into office.
This makes intuitive sense (and I even agree with it) but I fail to see this stated in the abstract (didn't read the PDF though)