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Alger, Ingela
(2025)
Norms and norm change - driven by social-Kantian preferences.
TSE Working Paper, n. 24-1605, Toulouse
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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.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Language: | English |
| Date: | 2 April 2025 |
| Place of Publication: | Toulouse |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | personal moral norms, behavioral norms, beliefs, social-Kantian preferences, social norms |
| Subjects: | B- ECONOMIE ET FINANCE |
| Divisions: | TSE-R (Toulouse) |
| Institution: | Université Toulouse 1 Capitole |
| Site: | UT1 |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2025 08:39 |
| Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2025 09:07 |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:tse-fr.eu:130038 |
| URI: | https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/50025 |
