People are conditional rule followers

Experimental participants are more likely to follow an arbitrary rule the more of their peers do so as well. The difference between unconditional and conditional rule following is most pronounced for individuals who follow few rules unconditionally.

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Year of publication:	2017
Authors:	Desmet, Pieter ; Engel, Christoph
Publisher:	Bonn : Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
Subject:	conditional rule following \| deontological motives \| conditional cooperation \| experiment

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Series:	Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods ; 2017/9
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	887985947 [GVK] hdl:10419/162983 [Handle] RePEc:mpg:wpaper:2017_09 [RePEc]
Classification:	A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values ; C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; D03 - Behavioral Economics; Underlying Principles ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Source:	EconStor

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