Using social norms to explain giving behavior

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dc.citation.firstpage1115en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber5en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleExperimental Economicsen_US
dc.citation.lastpage1141en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber26en_US
dc.contributor.authorEckel, Catherine C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHoover, Hanna G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKrupka, Erin L.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSinha, Nishitaen_US
dc.contributor.authorWilson, Rick K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-03T15:51:15Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-05-03T15:51:15Zen_US
dc.date.issued2023en_US
dc.description.abstractTransfers of resources in dictator games vary significantly by the characteristics of recipients. We focus on social norms and demonstrate that variation in the recipient changes both giving and injunctive norms and may offer an explanation for differences in giving. We elicit generosity using dictator games, and social norms using incentivized coordination games, with two different recipient types: an anonymous student and a charitable organization. A within-subjects design ensures that other factors are held constant. Our results show that differences in giving behavior are closely related to differences in social norms of giving across contexts. Controlling for individual differences in beliefs about the norm, subjects do not weight compliance with the norms in the student recipient or charity recipient dictator game differently. These results suggest that the impact of context on giving co-occurs with an impact on social norms.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEckel, C. C., Hoover, H. G., Krupka, E. L., Sinha, N., & Wilson, R. K. (2023). Using social norms to explain giving behavior. Experimental Economics, 26(5), 1115–1141. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-023-09811-zen_US
dc.identifier.digitals10683-023-09811-zen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10683-023-09811-zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/115591en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
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dc.titleUsing social norms to explain giving behavioren_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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