and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce … positively into norms and trust. Our study contributes to the literature on behavioural responses to institutional design and …

In the laboratory experiment reported in this paper we explore how evolving institutions and social norms, which we … norms, including the promotion of gender equality in place of the Confucian view of female 'inferiority'. Market … consequence social norms gradually changed again. In our experiment we investigate gender differences in competitive choices …

We provide a direct test of the role of social preferences in voluntary cooperation. We elicit individuals' cooperation … novel test as to whether there are types of players who behave consistently with their elicited preferences. We find clear …

scenarios. Our results show that individuals adjust abstract norms to fit the game, their role and the choices they made. First …, norms that appear abstract and universal take into account the bargaining power of the two sides. The strong side bends the …

We explore the influence of social norms on behavior. To do so, we introduce a method for identifying norms, based on … the property that social norms reflect social consensus regarding the appropriateness of different possible behaviors. We … demonstrate that the norms we elicit, along with a simple model combining concern for norm-compliance with utility for money …

We investigate whether incentive schemes signal social norms and thus affect behavior beyond their direct economic … of other agents and thus have more information about "norms of behavior". Compared to a setting with uninformed …

This paper reports an experiment examining the effect of social norms on pro-social behavior. We test two predictions … derived from work in psychology regarding the influence of norms. The first is a 'focusing' influence, whereby norms only … and thus demonstrates a direct effect of norms on behavior …