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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| author | Adriani, Fabrizio Sonderegger, Silvia |
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| description | 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 adult behavior, even in the absence of conflicts of interest. Parents adopt attitudes that encourage their children to behave in a socially safe way, i.e. the way that would be optimal under maximum uncertainty about the prevailing social norm. We discuss applications to sexual attitudes, collective reputation, and trust. |
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| spelling | nottingham-388242020-05-04T18:15:58Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/38824/ Signaling about norms: socialization under strategic uncertainty Adriani, Fabrizio Sonderegger, Silvia 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 adult behavior, even in the absence of conflicts of interest. Parents adopt attitudes that encourage their children to behave in a socially safe way, i.e. the way that would be optimal under maximum uncertainty about the prevailing social norm. We discuss applications to sexual attitudes, collective reputation, and trust. Wiley 2016-10-23 Article PeerReviewed Adriani, Fabrizio and Sonderegger, Silvia (2016) Signaling about norms: socialization under strategic uncertainty. Scandinavian Journal of Economics . ISSN 1467-9442 (In Press) signaling Social Norms Cultural Transmission Complementarities Conformity http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sjoe.12240/full doi:10.1111/sjoe.12240 doi:10.1111/sjoe.12240 |
| spellingShingle | signaling Social Norms Cultural Transmission Complementarities Conformity Adriani, Fabrizio Sonderegger, Silvia Signaling about norms: socialization under strategic uncertainty |
| title | Signaling about norms: socialization under strategic uncertainty |
| title_full | Signaling about norms: socialization under strategic uncertainty |
| title_fullStr | Signaling about norms: socialization under strategic uncertainty |
| title_full_unstemmed | Signaling about norms: socialization under strategic uncertainty |
| title_short | Signaling about norms: socialization under strategic uncertainty |
| title_sort | signaling about norms: socialization under strategic uncertainty |
| topic | signaling Social Norms Cultural Transmission Complementarities Conformity |
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