DP13593 Partial Norms

Author(s):	Giovanna D'Adda, Martin Dufwenberg, Francesco Passarelli, Guido Tabellini
Publication Date:	March 2019
Date Revised:	July 2019
Keyword(s):	Consensus, Experiment, normative expectations, partial norms, Social norms
JEL(s):	C91, D91
Programme Areas:	Public Economics
Link to this Page:	cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=13593

We consider an expanded notion of social norms that render them belief-dependent and partial, formulate a series of related testable predictions, and design an experiment based on a variant of the dictator game that tests for empirical relevance. Main results: Normative beliefs influence generosity, as predicted. Degree of partiality leads to more dispersion in giving behavior, as predicted.