Arbeitspapier

People are conditional rule followers

Experimental participants are more likely to follow an arbitrary rule the more of their peers do so as well. The difference between unconditional and conditional rule following is most pronounced for individuals who follow few rules unconditionally.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods ; No. 2017/9

Classification
Wirtschaft
Relation of Economics to Social Values
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Individual
Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
Subject
conditional rule following
deontological motives
conditional cooperation
experiment

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Desmet, Pieter
Engel, Christoph
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
(where)
Bonn
(when)
2017

Handle
Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Desmet, Pieter
  • Engel, Christoph
  • Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Time of origin

  • 2017

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