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We study a dynamic model of opinion formation in social networks. In our model, boundedly rational agents update … opinions by averaging over their neighbors' expressed opinions, but may misrepresent their own opinion by conforming or counter …-conforming with their neighbors. We show that an agent's social influence on the long-run group opinion is increasing in network …
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, qualitative, and quantitative dynamic norms, on actual vaccination rates. Contrary to our hypothesis, dynamic norms alone fail to … attributed to injunctive norms, representing a substantial 34 percent boost compared to the control group's 15.2 percent average …
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Overconfidence leads to risky behavior, including when people are around guns. Does overconfidence also shape attitudes … significant behavioral trait correlated with attitudes toward weapons handling, ownership, carrying, and use. Overall, over …
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This article purports to trace the origin of money on the basis of factors in interpersonal relationships, affecting a sustainable development and public happiness, namely trust, reciprocity and the concept of we-rationality. Both the historical approach and the one based on traditional economic...
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, the efficiency of the clean-up effort is always increasing in their degree of responsibility. On the other hand, when the …
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We investigate whether climate activism favors pro-environmental consumption by examining the impact of Fridays for Future (FFF) protests in Italy on second-hand automobile transactions in the strike-affected areas. Leveraging data on 10 million automobile transactions occurring before and after...
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and the propensity to act for the environment, relating our measure to publicly available data on electric and hybrid car …
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Regulation fostering Managed Care alternatives in health insurance is spreading. This work reports on an experiment designed to measure the amounts of compensation asked by the Swiss population (in terms of reduced premiums) for Managed-Care type restrictions in the provision of health care. It...
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