On the emergence of descriptive norms

Ryan Muldoon, Chiara Lisciandra, Cristina Bicchieri, Stephan Hartmann and Jan Sprenger
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Ryan Muldoon: University of Pennsylvania, USA
Chiara Lisciandra: Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Germany and Tilburg Center for Logic and Philosophy of Science, The Netherlands
Stephan Hartmann: Ludwig-Maximillians University, Germany
Jan Sprenger: Tilburg University, The Netherlands

Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2014, vol. 13, issue 1, 3-22

Abstract: A descriptive norm is a behavioral rule that individuals follow when their empirical expectations of others following the same rule are met. We aim to provide an account of the emergence of descriptive norms by first looking at a simple case, that of the standing ovation. We examine the structure of a standing ovation, and show it can be generalized to describe the emergence of a wide range of descriptive norms.

Keywords: norm emergence; social norms; norm dynamics; agent-based modeling; simulation; descriptive norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1177/1470594X12447791

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