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Patel, Amrish 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2374-6409 and Cartwright, Edward
(2012)
Naïve beliefs and the multiplicity of social norms.
Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 168 (2).
pp. 280-289.
ISSN 0932-4569
Abstract
In a signalling model of conformity, we demonstrate that naïve observers, those that take actions at face value, constrain the set of actions that can possibly be social norms. With rational observers many actions can be norms, but with naïve observers only actions close to that preferred by the ideal type can be norms. We suggest, therefore, that the naïvety or inexperience of observers is an important determinant of norms and how they evolve.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Economics |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Economic Theory Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics |
| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Sep 2016 00:13 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Sep 2024 12:07 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59920 |
| DOI: | 10.1628/093245612800933942 |
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