via social learning. Using an online social dilemma experiment, we find evidence that participants' contributions were … more consistent with payoff-biased transmission than prestige-biased transmission or conformity. We also found some … learning strategies employed within the experiment, but that this cooperative propensity could be reduced through selection …

We consider a model of conformity that permits a non-conformist equilibrium and multiple conformist equilibria. Agents … conformity emerge. The emergence of conformity depends on the distribution of intrinsic preferences, the relative costs and … benefits of conformity and the topology of agent interaction. -- Social norms ; conformity ; best reply …

religion, language, and formal institutions are long shared. One interpretation of these disparities is that successful regions … independently of many other factors and whence these differences emerge. Through an experiment in four Italian cities, we study the … cooperation or to institutions, formal or informal, that may vary across Italy, as the experimental methodology silences their …