Do norms make preferences social? Supporting evidence from the field

Christoph Rössler; Hannes Rusch; Tim Friehe

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108569

Do norms make preferences social? Supporting evidence from the field

Christoph Rössler^*, Hannes Rusch, Tim Friehe

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We examine whether rule compliance predicts prosocial behavior. We proxy rule compliance by compliance with parking regulations and prosocial behavior via response rates to surveys. We find that surveys attached to legally parked cars are returned more often. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Article number	108569
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	183
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2019.108569
Publication status	Published - Oct 2019

Keywords

Prosocial behavior
Social norms
Field study

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