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Why and how identity should influence utility

Wichardt, Philipp C. - 2007 - This Version: January 11, 2007

This paper provides an argument for the advantage of a preference for identity-consistent behaviour from an evolutionary point of view. Within a stylised model of social interaction, we show that the development of cooperative social norms is greatly facilitated if the agents of the society...

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Identifying the ranking of focal points in coordination games on the individual level

Schmidt, Robert J. - 2019

conventional coordination, where subjects bet on only one alternative, subjects coordinate by the distribution of points. This … coordination. The data confirms the theoretical predictions regarding coordination behavior and demonstrates that the proposed … ordinary coordination. Finally, we point to the possibility to use the mechanism as a simple and direct tool to measure the …

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Do injunctive or descriptive social norms elicited using coordination games better explain social preferences?

Schmidt, Robert J. - 2019

findings corroborate that coordination games are a valid tool to elicit social norm perception on the subject level, as the … individuals' coordination choices are good predictors for their actual behavior. Third, average descriptive norms on the … norms using coordination games is a potentially powerful tool to predict behavior in settings that are otherwise difficult …

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Communication, commitment, and deception in social dilemmas : experimental evidence

Camera, Gabriele; Casari, Marco; Bigoni, Maria - 2011

Social norms of cooperation are studied under several forms of communication. In an experiment, strangers could make public statements before playing a prisoner's dilemma. The interaction was repeated indefinitely, which generated multiple equilibria. Communication could be used as a tool to...

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Signaling about norms : socialization under strategic uncertainty

Adriani, Fabrizio; Sonderegger, Silvia - 2013

We consider a society with informed individuals (adults) and naive individuals (children). Adults are altruistic towards their own children and possess information that allows to better predict the behavior of other adults. Children benefit from adopting behaviors that conform to the social norm...

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Ambiguity when playing coordination games across cultures

Peryman, Joanne; Kelsey, David - In: Theory and decision : an international journal for … 90 (2021) 3/4, pp. 485-505

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Social norms and the evolution of conditional cooperation

Spichtig, Mathias; Traxler, Christian - 2007

This paper develops a model of social norms and cooperation in large societies. Within this framework we use an indirect evolutionary approach to study the endogenous formation of preferences and the coevolution of norm compliance. Thereby we link the multiplicity of equilibria, which emerges in...

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Social Norms and the Indirect Evolution of Conditional Cooperation

Spichtig, Mathias; Traxler, Christian - 2009

This paper develops a model of social norms and cooperation in large societies. Within this framework we use an indirect evolutionary approach to study the endogenous formation of preferences and the co-evolution of norm compliance. Thereby we link the multiplicity of equilibria, which emerges...

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From personal values to social norms

Barigozzi, Francesca; Montinari, Natalia - 2023

In Experimental Economics, coordination games are used to elicit social norms as incentivized beliefs about others … elicited in coordination games. …

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Institutionalizing inequality : field conditions, institutional belonging, and the distribution of identities

Jacobi, Nadia von; Nicholls, Alex - In: Journal of economic issues 58 (2024) 2, pp. 605-618

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