Social norms play an important role in individual decision making. We argue that two different expectations influence our choice to obey a norm: what we expect others to do (empirical expectations) and what we believe others think we ought to do (normative expectations).
Do mothers' perceptions of community behavior and their beliefs about exclusive breastfeeding affect their own infant feeding behavior?
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Yet, little is known about the relationship between exposure to extreme events, subjective attribution of these events to climate change, and climate policy support, especially in the Global South.
Social norms and social preferences have increasingly become an integral part of the economics discourse. After disentangling the two notions, this chapter focuses on social norms, which we stipulate as group-specific solutions to strategic problems.
Language plays a crucial role in the transmission of social norms. The way language is used, referred to as language framing, shapes perceptions of social norms.
Scientists increasingly engage in policy advocacy, especially on climate change. Does this advocacy undermine—or bolster—public trust in scientists and support for scientists’ recommendations?
We investigate self-serving belief distortion about dominant norms of honesty. Consider an environment where the subject can earn a monetary reward by lying.
Previous studies have used various normative expressions such as ‘should’, ‘appropriate’ and ‘approved’ interchangeably to communicate injunctions and social norms.
Governments commonly use aid and social programs to garner citizen support during conflict, garner electoral support in democracies, and thwart collective action in autocracies. I explore whether monetary transfers increase citizens’ cooperation with an authority.
The explanation of social norms change faces two main challenges. One is to define precisely what social norms are.