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- Biel, Anders, 1948, et al.
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Activation of social norms in social dilemmas: A review.
- 2005
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Ingår i: Paper presented at the 7th Nordic Environmental Social Science Research Conference, Göteborg, Sweden, 15-17 June 2005.
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Taken rational choice theory for granted, cooperation in social dilemmas may be seen as mysterious. In one-shot dilemmas where subjects unknown to one another interact and make their decisions anonymously, cooperation could even been regarded as lunacy. Several authors have challenged this view. Research has also identified various factors that imply why people cooperate or defect in social dilemmas and what motivations that might guide the decision in one way or the other. Here, a closer look will be taken at social norms as a reason for departure from rational choice, a factor that rarely has been recognized in the social dilemma literature. Social norms imply that people should manifest a prescribed behaviour or not manifest a proscribed behaviour. Furthermore, social norms are often guiding behaviour in specific contexts, and many times they need to be activated. Such an activation process is often unconscious and once a norm has been activated, people tend to keep following the norm that has been primed. We wish to add to the social dilemma literature by suggesting what kinds of norms that are likely to be activated under different conditions such as one-shot vs. repeated dilemmas, but also separate domains of social life.
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- Biel, Anders, 1948, et al.
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Activation of social norms in social dilemmas: A review of the evidence and reflections on the implications for environmental behaviour
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of Economic Psychology. ; 28, s. 93-112
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Taking rational choice theory for granted, cooperation in social dilemmas may be seen as mysterious. In one-shot dilemmas where subjects unknown to one another interact and make their decisions anonymously, cooperation could even be regarded as lunacy. Several authors have challenged this view, though. Research has also identified various factors that imply why people cooperate or defect in social dilemmas and what motivations that might guide the decision in one way or the other. Here, a closer look will be taken at social norms as a reason for departure from rational choice, a factor that rarely has been recognised in the social dilemma literature. Social norms imply that people should manifest a prescribed behaviour or not manifest a proscribed behaviour. Furthermore, social norms are often guiding behaviour in specific contexts, and many times they need to be activated. Such an activation process is often unconscious and once a norm has been activated, people tend to keep following the norm that has been primed. We wish to add to the social dilemma literature by suggesting what kinds of norms that are likely to be activated under different conditions such as one-shot vs. iterated dilemmas, but also separate domains of social life.
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- Gärling, Tommy, 1941, et al.
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Effects of the euro changeover on consumer behaviour: Introduction to the special issue
- 2007
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Ingår i: Journal of Consumer Policy. ; 30:4, s. 303-311
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper introduces the special issue “Effects of the euro changeover on consumer behaviour” by briefly reviewing the contents of the included papers. The introduction follows the organization of the papers in three sections each focusing on a common set of issues. In the first section, research revealing the perceived and actual problems consumers face after the euro changeover is described. Research illuminating learning and adaptation to the euro changeover is the focus of the second section. A special problem is the misperception of inflation after the euro changeover. Research on this problem is addressed in the third section. In a final section, the main findings and their policy implications are summarized
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