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...

Experimental research on the credibility of advice in coordination games shows that advice can have considerable influence on players' behavior, even when this advice conflicts with payoff-dominance. A crucial feature of this prior research, however, is that the adviser has no share in the final...

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...