Signaling about norms: socialization under strategic uncertainty

We consider a signaling model where adults possess information about the dominant social norm. Children want to conform to whatever norm is dominant but, lacking accurate information, take the observed behavior of their parent as representative. We show that this causes a signaling distortion in adu...

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Main Authors: Adriani, Fabrizio, Sonderegger, Silvia
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38824/