a social norm of tax compliance. In this paper we provide an analysis of the effects of the dissemination of information … information treatment, are associated, in the context of our experiment, with a significantly larger growth in evasion intensity … evasion, official information can have beneficial effects by consolidating the behavior of compliant individuals. However, in …

what we term "motive selection," namely adhering to the moral motive that aligns with their self-interest. We test this …

pool resource (CPR) experiments. The evidence indicates that in standard CPR games without communication and without …

counterproductive when they diminish altruism, ethical norms and other social preferences. Evidence from 51 experimental studies … experiments ; social preferences ; second best ; motivational crowding ; explicit incentives …

experiments in representative samples of the German population. Providing information about the extent of educational inequality …To study how information about educational inequality affects public concerns and policy preferences, we devise survey … strong positive information treatment effect, which is increased further by informing about policy effectiveness. …

A burgeoning literature in economics has started examining the role of social norms in explaining economic behavior …. Surprisingly, the vast majority of this literature has studied social norms in asocial decision settings, where individuals are … that "peers" can have a profound influence on individuals' perceptions of norms of fair sharing, which we elicit in an …

the other hand, we observe that crew members used their information advantage and their better access to resources (e … cultural background matter. -- Decision under pressure ; altruism ; social norms ; interdependent preferences ; excess of …

nations. This extreme event represents a rare case of a well-documented life and death situation where social norms were …