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Normative change and culture of hate : an experiment on online environments
Álvarez, Amalia; Winter, Fabian - 2018 - This Draft: February 2018
We present an online experiment in which we investigate the impact of perceived social acceptability on online hate speech, and measure the causal effect of specific interventions. We compare two types of interventions: counter-speaking (informal verbal sanctions) and censoring (deleting hateful...
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Civic capital and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic
Barrios, John M.; Benmelech, Efraim; Hochberg, Yael V.; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296884
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Ambiguity induces opportunistic rule breaking and erodes social norms
Molleman, Lucas; Nosenzo, Daniele; Venema, Tina - 2023
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Personal norms - and not only social norms - shape economic behavior
Bašić, Zvonimir; Verrina, Eugenio - 2020 - Revised December 2020
While social norms have received great attention within economics, little is known about the role of personal norms. We propose a simple utility framework - which assumes that people care about monetary payoff, social norms, and personal norms - and design a novel two-part experiment to...
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More than outcomes : the role of self-image in other-regarding behavior
Matthey, Astrid; Regner, Tobias - 2014
We conduct a modified dictator game in order to analyze the role self-image concerns play in other-regarding behavior. While we generally follow Konow (2000), a cognitive dissonance-based model of other-regarding behavior in dictator games, we relax one of its assumptions as we allow for...
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When a nudge backfires : combining (im)plausible deniability with social and economic incentives to promote behavioral change
Bolton, Gary E.; Dimant, Eugen; Schmidt, Ulrich - 2020 - This version: January 17, 2020
Both theory and recent empirical evidence on nudging suggest that observability of behavior acts as an instrument for promoting (discouraging) pro-social (anti-social) behavior. We connect three streams of literature (nudging, social preferences, and social norms) to investigate the universality...
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Cultural norms and identity in coordination games
Peryman, Jo Laban; Kelsey, David - 2015
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More or less strangers : social distance as reflected in news media reporting on the young, the old and the allochthon
Lepianka, Dorota - 2012
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The effects of incentives, social norms, and employees' values on work performance
Roos, Michael W. M.; Reale, Jessica; Banning, Frederik - 2021
, analysed both in isolation and combination: (i) monitoring efforts affecting intrinsic motivation, i.e. the firm is either … trusting or controlling, and (ii) remuneration schemes affecting extrinsic motivation, i.e. individual or group rewards. The … werden: (i) Überwachungsmaßnahmen, die sich auf die intrinsische Motivation auswirken, d. h. das Unternehmen ist entweder …
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On the relevance of psychological motives, values, and norms for socially responsible investments : an econometric analysis
Gutsche, Gunnar; Köbrich-León, Anja; Ziegler, Andreas - 2016
Based on unique data from a representative computer-based survey among financial decision makers in Germany, this paper empirically examines the determinants of socially responsible investments (SRI). Our econometric analysis implies that the perceived financial performance of SRI matters for...
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