Inducing Social Norms in Laboratory Allocation Choices

Social norms involve observation by others and external sanctions for violations, whereas moral norms involve introspection and internal sanctions. To study such norms and their effects, we design a laboratory experiment. We examine dictator choices, where we create a shared understanding by providi...

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Vydané v:Management science Ročník 61; číslo 7; s. 1531 - 1546
Hlavní autori: Schram, Arthur, Charness, Gary
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Linthicum INFORMS 01.07.2015
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
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behavior and behavioral decision making
Choices
economics
Effects
games–group decisions
Introspection
Laboratories
microeconomic behavior
Morality
Norms
Peers
Sanctions
Social norms
Violations
ISSN:0025-1909, 1526-5501
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Shrnutí:Social norms involve observation by others and external sanctions for violations, whereas moral norms involve introspection and internal sanctions. To study such norms and their effects, we design a laboratory experiment. We examine dictator choices, where we create a shared understanding by providing advice from peers with no financial payoff at stake. We vary whether advice is given, as well as whether choices are made public. This design allows us to explicitly separate the effects of moral and social norms. We find that choices are in fact affected by a combination of observability and shared understanding. Data, as supplemental material, are available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2073 . This paper was accepted by Teck-Hua Ho, behavioral economics .
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ISSN:0025-1909
1526-5501
DOI:10.1287/mnsc.2014.2073