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The focusing and informational effects of norms on pro-social behavior
Krupka, Erin (contributor); Weber, Roberto A. (contributor) - 2007
This paper reports an experiment examining the effect of social norms on pro-social behavior. We test two predictions … demonstrates a direct effect of norms on behavior. -- Norms ; pro-social behavior ; experiments ; dictator game … derived from work in psychology regarding the influence of norms. The first is a "focusing" influence, whereby norms only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608458
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The Focusing and Informational Effects of Norms on Pro-Social Behavior
Krupka, Erin L.; Weber, Roberto A. - 2021
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316701
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Social identity, group behavior, and teams
Charness, Gary; Chen, Yan - In: Annual review of economics 12 (2020), pp. 691-713
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The focusing and informational effects of norms on pro-social behavior
Krupka, Erin; Weber, Roberto A. - In: Journal of economic psychology : research in economic … 30 (2009) 3, pp. 307-320
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003855618
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Social identity strategies in recent economics
Davis, John Bryan - 2005
This paper reviews three distinct strategies in recent economics for using the concept of social identity in the explanation of individual behavior: Akerlof and Kranton’s neoclassical approach, Sen’s commitment approach, and Kirman et al.’s complexity approach. The primary focus is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346483
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The Social Comparison Scale: Testing the Validity, Reliability, and Applicability of the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM) on the German Population
Schneider, Simone; Schupp, Jürgen - 2011
Social comparisons are an essential source of information about the self. Research in social psychology has shown … whether social comparisons are driven by psychological dispositions. To test the empirical validity of this proposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011601002
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The social comparison scale : testing the validity, reliability, and applicability of the Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation Measure (INCOM) on the German population
Schneider, Simone; Schupp, Jürgen - 2011
Social comparisons are an essential source of information about the self. Research in social psychology has shown … whether social comparisons are driven by psychological dispositions. To test the empirical validity of this proposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008842304
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Skill Uncertainty and Social Inference
Oxoby, Robert J. - 2007
potentially irrelevant (but socially observable) information. This paper explores occupational choices when individuals receive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777819
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Akerlof and Kranton on Identity in Economics : Inverting the Analysis
Davis, John B. - 2010
The concept of identity was introduced into the neoclassical utility maximising framework by Akerlof and Kranton in an analysis which draws directly from social psychology's social identity approach and self-categorisation theory. This paper examines their analysis, and compares the social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012716557
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Accounting for social spending escalation in rural China
Chen, Xi - 2011
attempt to test three competing explanations at the social link level, risk-pooling, peer effect, and status concern, via a … uniform framework based on a unique primary dataset. The data set include household information from a three-wave census …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009316766