Norms and norm change - driven by social Kantian preferences

Ingela Alger
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Peter Bayer

No 24-1605, TSE Working Papers from Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Abstract: Norms indicate which behaviors are common and/or considered morally right. This paper analyzes norms and norm change by modeling individuals with social-Kantian preferences, combining material self-interest, Kantian moral concerns, and attitudes towards making a greater or a smaller material sacrifice than others. In an N-person social dilemma, these preferences determine individuals’ personal moral norms and their thresholds for collective behavior (cooperation is conditional on suÿciently many others cooperating). Conditions on preferences and beliefs pro-moting/hampering changes in the behavioral norm (the modal behavior) are iden-tified. Implications for policy interventions aimed at changing norms are discussed in light of the model.

Keywords: personal moral norms; behavioral norms; beliefs, social-Kantian preferences; social norms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-12, Revised 2025-04
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-evo, nep-exp, nep-hpe, nep-mic and nep-soc
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