Social Norms and Economic Theory

The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice

Tversky, A., & Kahneman, D. (1981) · Science · doi:10.1126/science.7455683 · Cited by 18,497

The norm of reciprocity: A preliminary statement

Gouldner, A. W. (1960) · American Sociological Review · doi:10.2307/2092623 · Cited by 12,001

The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism

Trivers, R. L. (1971) · The Quarterly Review of Biology · doi:10.1086/406755 · Cited by 11,010

Democracy in America

de Tocqueville, A., Mansfield, H. C., & Winthrop, D. (2000) · Princeton University Press eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781118011690.ch12 · Cited by 6,287

Toward a positive theory of consumer choice

Thaler, R. H. (1980) · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · doi:10.1016/0167-2681(80)90051-7 · Cited by 5,777

The Economic Approach to Human Behavior

Becker, G. S. (1976) · University of Chicago Press eBooks · doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226217062.001.0001 · Cited by 5,070

The Rules of Sociological Method

Durkheim, É. (1982) · doi:10.1007/978-1-349-16939-9 · Cited by 4,719

The American Economic Review

(2010) · American Economic Review · doi:10.1257/aer.100.1.i · Cited by 4,572

The Moral Basis of a Backward Society.

Banfield, E. C. (1959) · Economica · doi:10.2307/2550413 · Cited by 3,232

Management and the Worker

Roethlisberger, F. J., & Dickson, W. J. (2003) · Cited by 2,826

Chinese values and negotiation behaviour: A bargaining experiment

Chuah, S., Hoffmann, R. F., & Larner, J. (2014) · International Business Review · doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2014.05.002 · Cited by 25

Axelrod's Metanorm Games on Networks

Galán, J. M., Łatek, M. M., & Rizi, S. M. M. (2011) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020474 · Cited by 25

Design and Validation of the Bright Internet

Lee, J. K., Cho, D., & Lim, G. G. (2018) · Journal of the Association for Information Systems · doi:10.17705/1jais.00484 · Cited by 25

Regulation of technology adoption when individuals pursue multiple utility

Lynne, G. D., & Casey, C. F. (1998) · The Journal of Socio-Economics · doi:10.1016/s1053-5357(99)80004-3 · Cited by 25

Social Norms and Game Theory: Harmony or Discord?

Paternotte, C., & Grose, J. (2012) · The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science · doi:10.1093/bjps/axs024 · Cited by 25

A Social Stigma Model of Child Labor

Calva, L. F. L. (2002) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Cited by 25

Intergenerational Transmission of Fertility Patterns in BritainPreprint

Booth, A. L., & Kee, H. J. (2006) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.947458 · Cited by 25

Social Norms and the LawPreprint

Basu, K. (1997) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.42840 · Cited by 25

Information-Sharing in Academia and the Industry: A Comparative StudyPreprint

Häussler, C. (2010) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1670642 · Cited by 25

Social values and institutional change: an experimental study

Gërxhani, K., & van Breemen, J. (2018) · Journal of Institutional Economics · doi:10.1017/s1744137418000231 · Cited by 24

Kautilya on Ethics and Economics

Sihag, B. S. (2005) · International Journal of Ethics and Systems · doi:10.1108/eb018902 · Cited by 24

The Evolution of Human Co-operation: Ritual and Social Complexity in Stateless Societies

Stanish, C. S. (2017) · Thammasat University Digital Collections · Cited by 25

Empirical and conceptual investigation of de-implementation of low-value care from professional and health care system perspectives: a study protocol

Hasson, H., Nilsén, P., Augustsson, H., & Schwarz, U. V. T. (2018) · Implementation Science · doi:10.1186/s13012-018-0760-7 · Cited by 23

Income support, employment transitions and well-being

Hetschko, C., Schöb, R., & Wolf, T. (2020) · Labour Economics · doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101887 · Cited by 24

The impact of formal and informal organizational norms on susceptibility to phishing: Combining survey and field experiment data

Petrič, G., & Roer, K. (2021) · Telematics and Informatics · doi:10.1016/j.tele.2021.101766 · Cited by 24

Work values, endogenous sentiments redistribution

Cervellati, M., Esteban, J. M., & Kranich, L. (2010) · Journal of Public Economics · doi:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.06.003 · Cited by 25

Explaining social norm compliance. A plea for neural representations

Colombo, M. (2013) · Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences · doi:10.1007/s11097-013-9296-0 · Cited by 24

Measuring Entrepreneurial Readiness among Youth in Pakistan through Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) Based Approach

Zulfiqar, S., Asmi, F., Chandia, K. E., Sarwar, B., & Aziz, S. (2017) · Business and Economic Research · doi:10.5296/ber.v7i1.11037 · Cited by 24

Environmental Regulations and Social Norms

Lai, C., Yang, C.-Y., & Chang, J. (2003) · International Tax and Public Finance · doi:10.1023/a:1022229029894 · Cited by 24

Lying, Integrity, and Cooperation

Minkler, L., & Miceli, T. J. (2004) · Review of Social Economy · doi:10.1080/0034676042000183817 · Cited by 24

Mechanisms for norm emergence in multiagent societies

Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Purvis, M., Cranefield, S., & Purvis, M. (2007) · Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agents Systems · doi:10.1145/1329125.1329335 · Cited by 24

My agents love to conform: Norms and emotion in the micro-macro link

von Scheve, C., Moldt, D., Fix, J., & Lüde, R. V. (2006) · Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory · doi:10.1007/s10588-006-9538-6 · Cited by 24

Norms as Group-Level Constructs: Investigating School-Level Teen Pregnancy Norms and Behaviors

Mollborn, S., Domingue, B. W., & Boardman, J. D. (2014) · Social Forces · doi:10.1093/sf/sou063 · Cited by 24

Competitiveness of regional products in the international food market

Sodano, V. (2002) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Cited by 24

A New Approach to ‘Law and Economics’

Basu, K. (2015) · The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank) · doi:10.1596/1813-9450-7259 · Cited by 23

EVERY DROP COUNTS: A WATER CONSERVATION EXPERIMENT WITH HOTEL GUESTS

Joo, H. H., Lee, J., & Park, S. (2018) · Economic Inquiry · doi:10.1111/ecin.12563 · Cited by 23

Communicating Resourcefully: A Natural Field Experiment on Environmental Framing and Cognitive Dissonance in Going Paperless

Gosnell, G. K. (2018) · Ecological Economics · doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.07.020 · Cited by 26

Why women do not ask: gender differences in fairness perceptions of own wages and subsequent wage growth

Pfeifer, C., & Stephan, G. (2018) · Cambridge Journal of Economics · doi:10.1093/cje/bey035 · Cited by 23

Impact of perceived social norms on farmers’ behavior of cultivated land protection: an empirical analysis based on mediating effect model

Wenwen, Q., Zhong, Z., & Huang, Y. (2020) · International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies · doi:10.1093/ijlct/ctaa043 · Cited by 23

Beyond individualistic behaviour: Social norms and innovation adoption in rural Mozambique

Crudeli, L., Mancinelli, S., Mazzanti, M., & Pitoro, R. (2022) · World Development · doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105928 · Cited by 27

Applied Affective Computing

Tian, L., Oviatt, S. L., Muszyński, M., Chamberlain, B. C., Healey, J., & Sano, A. (2022) · ACM eBooks · doi:10.1145/3502398 · Cited by 25

The impact of key audit matter reporting on analyst forecast accuracy and forecast dispersion: evidence from Chinese listed firms

Hu, Z., Li, Y., Lin, B., & Kleinman, G. (2022) · Managerial Auditing Journal · doi:10.1108/maj-08-2021-3291 · Cited by 26

The neural bases underlying social risk perception in purchase decisions

Yokoyama, R., Nozawa, T., Sugiura, M., Yomogida, Y., Takeuchi, H., Akimoto, Y., Shibuya, S., & Kawashima, R. (2014) · NeuroImage · doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.01.036 · Cited by 25

Vicious Circle Analysis of Poverty and Entrepreneurship

Rohima, S. (2013) · IOSR Journal of Business and Management · doi:10.9790/487x-0713346 · Cited by 23

Locational asymmetry and the potential for cooperation on a canal

Ray, I., & Williams, J. C. (2002) · Journal of Development Economics · doi:10.1016/s0304-3878(01)00180-8 · Cited by 23

Sources of crime in the state of Veracruz: The role of female labor force participation and wage inequality

Blanco, L., & Villa, S. M. (2008) · Feminist Economics · doi:10.1080/13545700802075143 · Cited by 23

Economic Ethics and Institutional Change

Argandoña, A. (2004) · Journal of Business Ethics · doi:10.1023/b:busi.0000039408.30285.6d · Cited by 23

Cross Cultural Comparisions of Tax Compliance BehaviorPreprint

Cummings, R. G., Martínez-Vázquez, J., & McKee, M. (2001) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Cited by 23

The Moral Voter Hypothesis: Economic and Normative Aspects of Public Policy and Law within Democracies

Congleton, R. D. (2007) · Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice · doi:10.1332/251569207x15664516463916 · Cited by 22

Networked Refugees

Hajj, N. (2021) · University of California Press eBooks · doi:10.1525/luminos.111 · Cited by 24

Migration, Remittances And Intra-Household Allocation In Northern Ghana: Does Gender Matter?

Joyce, P. L. (2021) · doi:10.7275/5686196 · Cited by 22

Spillover Effects of Institutions on Cooperative Behavior, Preferences, and Beliefs

Engl, F., Riedl, A. M., & Weber, R. A. (2021) · American Economic Journal Microeconomics · doi:10.1257/mic.20180336 · Cited by 24

Lying in a foreign language?

Alempaki, D., Doğan, G., & Yang, Y. (2020) · Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization · doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2020.10.027 · Cited by 24

Guess What …?—How Guessed Norms Nudge Climate-Friendly Food Choices in Real-Life Settings

Griesoph, A., Hoffmann, S., Merk, C., Katrin Rehdanz, A., & Schmidt, U. (2021) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su13158669 · Cited by 22

Recognizing political influences in participatory social-ecological systems modeling

Lim, T., Glynn, P., Shenk, G., Bitterman, P., Guillaume, J., Little, J. C., & Webster, D. (2023) · Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling · doi:10.18174/sesmo.18509 · Cited by 18

Competition and Collaboration in Crowdsourcing Communities: What Happens When Peers Evaluate Each Other?

Riedl, C., Grad, T., & Lettl, C. U. (2024) · Organization Science · doi:10.1287/orsc.2021.15163 · Cited by 25

Who are you calling old? Revisiting notions of age and ability amongst older entrepreneurs

Wainwright, T., Kibler, E., Blackburn, R. A., & Kautonen, T. (2011) · Research Repository (Kingston University London) · Cited by 22

The Role of Social Capital in Regional Technological Innovation: Seeing both the wood and the trees

Tamaschke, L. (2003) · Communities and Technologies · doi:10.1007/978-94-017-0115-0_13 · Cited by 21

Plan, Do, Check, Act: The need for independent audit of the internal responsibility system in occupational health and safety

Arntz-Gray, J. (2015) · Safety Science · doi:10.1016/j.ssci.2015.11.019 · Cited by 22

ÉMERGENCE ET LÉGITIMITÉ DES INSTITUTIONS, COORDINATION ÉCONOMIQUE ET NATURE DE LA RATIONALITÉ DES AGENTS

Hamdouch, A. (2005) · Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research · doi:10.1080/13511610500096558 · Cited by 22

Social Capital and Knowledge Relatedness as Promoters of Organizational Performance

Weber, C., & Weber, B. (2010) · International Studies of Management and Organization · doi:10.2753/imo0020-8825400302 · Cited by 22

The Multidimensionality of Poverty: An Institutionalist Perspective

Sindzingre, A. N. (2013) · Palgrave Macmillan UK eBooks · doi:10.1057/9780230592407_4 · Cited by 22

Social Capital and Cooperation : An Impact Evaluation of Women's Empowerment Programme in Rural india

Janssens, W. (2007) · Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) · Cited by 22

Cosi Fan Tutte: Information, Beliefs and the Compliance with NormsPreprint

Kotzian, P. (2009) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1497922 · Cited by 22

Building Support for Taxation in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from MexicoPreprint

Flores‐Macías, G. A. (2018) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.3120303 · Cited by 22

Estate division: equal sharing, exchange motives, and Cinderella effects

Erixson, O., & Ohlsson, H. (2019) · Journal of Population Economics · doi:10.1007/s00148-018-0727-7 · Cited by 21

Do descriptive social norms drive peer punishment? Conditional punishment strategies and their impact on cooperation

Li, X., Molleman, L., & van Dolder, D. (2021) · Evolution and Human Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.04.002 · Cited by 23

The impact of catholic religion on earnings management: A case of Poland

Grabiński, K., & Wójtowicz, P. (2021) · Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting · doi:10.1111/jifm.12141 · Cited by 21

China's historical imperial examination system and corporate social responsibility

Kong, X., Zhang, X., Yan, C., & Ho, K. (2022) · Pacific-Basin Finance Journal · doi:10.1016/j.pacfin.2022.101734 · Cited by 21

Local speculative culture and stock price crash risk

Zuo, J., Qiu, B., Zhu, G., & Lei, G. (2022) · Research in International Business and Finance · doi:10.1016/j.ribaf.2022.101851 · Cited by 21

Can Justice and Fairness Enlarge International Environmental Agreements?

Grüning, C., & Peters, W. (2010) · Games · doi:10.3390/g1020137 · Cited by 21

Programas de incentivos fiscais são eficazes?: evidência a partir da avaliação do impacto do programa nota fiscal paulista sobre a arrecadação de ICMS

Mattos, E., Rocha, F., & Toporcov, P. F. (2013) · Revista Brasileira de Economia · doi:10.1590/s0034-71402013000100005 · Cited by 21

From absence to absenteeism? A qualitative cross case study of teachers’ views on sickness absence

Carlsen, B. (2011) · The Journal of Socio-Economics · doi:10.1016/j.socec.2011.12.007 · Cited by 21

Drivers of trust and trustworthiness

Rei­er­sen, J. (2018) · International Journal of Social Economics · doi:10.1108/ijse-01-2018-0025 · Cited by 21

Taxes and Benefits: Two Distinct Options to Cheat on the State?Preprint

Halla, M., & SCHNEIDER, F. G. (2005) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · doi:10.2139/ssrn.1145915 · Cited by 21

The Price of Ethics: Evidence from Socially Responsible Mutual FundsPreprint

Renneboog, L. D. R., ter Horst, J., & Zhang, C. (2007) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.985265 · Cited by 21

Cosi fan tutte: Information, Beliefs, and Compliance with Norms

Kotzian, P. (2011) · Zeitschrift für Soziologie · doi:10.1515/zfsoz-2011-0402 · Cited by 26

Positive psychology as a strategy for promoting sustainable population policies

Tal, A., & Kerret, D. (2020) · Heliyon · doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03696 · Cited by 21

The limits to moral erosion in markets: Social norms and the replacement excuse

Bartling, B., & Özdemir, Y. (2022) · Games and Economic Behavior · doi:10.1016/j.geb.2022.12.001 · Cited by 21

How do institutional environment and entrepreneurial cognition drive female and male entrepreneurship from a configuration perspective?

Chen, C., Huang, Y., & Wu, S. (2023) · Gender in Management An International Journal · doi:10.1108/gm-04-2022-0124 · Cited by 20

Taxes and Benefits: Two Options to Cheat on the State

Halla, M., & SCHNEIDER, F. G. (2013) · Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics · doi:10.1111/obes.12024 · Cited by 20

Marching to the beat of the drum: the impact of the pace of life in US cities on entrepreneurial work effort

Vedula, S., & Kim, P. H. (2017) · Small Business Economics · doi:10.1007/s11187-017-9908-0 · Cited by 20

Why the trend towards gas-guzzlers? A closer look at the complex effects of social norms on German car buyers

Vögele, S., Broska, L. H., Otte, S., & Rübbelke, D. (2020) · Energy Research & Social Science · doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101840 · Cited by 22

Does social capital contribute to prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic? Empirical evidence from China

Liu, Q., & Simei, W. (2021) · International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction · doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102501 · Cited by 20

A rational-actor perspective on the origin of liturgies in ancient Greece

Lyttkens, C. H. (1997) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · Cited by 20

Agency and Self-Enforcing Contracts

Tao, Z., & Zhu, T. (2000) · Journal of Comparative Economics · doi:10.1006/jcec.2000.1630 · Cited by 20

Evolutionary rationality, “Homo economicus,” and the foundations of social order

Herrmann‐Pillath, C. (1994) · Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems · doi:10.1016/1061-7361(94)90006-x · Cited by 20

Institutional Economics And The Dual Labor Market Theory

Ramstad, Y. (2007) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-0-585-29604-3_5 · Cited by 20

Non‐Governmental Public Norm Enforcement in Large Societies as a Two‐Stage Game of Voluntary Public Good Provision

Buchholz, W., Falkinger, J., & Rübbelke, D. (2013) · Journal of Public Economic Theory · doi:10.1111/jpet.12084 · Cited by 19

Choice Architecture as a Strategy to Encourage Elegant Infrastructure Outcomes

Shealy, T., & Klotz, L. E. (2016) · Journal of Infrastructure Systems · doi:10.1061/(asce)is.1943-555x.0000311 · Cited by 26

Formal and informal norms: their relationships in society and in the economic sphere

Fiori, S. (2018) · Review of Social Economy · doi:10.1080/00346764.2017.1423510 · Cited by 19

Game-theoretic accounts of social norms: the role of normative expectations

Bicchieri, C., & Sontuoso, A. (2020) · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · doi:10.4337/9781785363337.00017 · Cited by 19

Social norms for fairness and board voting behavior: An experimental investigation

Yin, X., Chen, S., Li, D., & Zhang, F. (2020) · Corporate Governance An International Review · doi:10.1111/corg.12353 · Cited by 21

Channels for Influence or Maps of Behavior? A Field Experiment on Social Networks and Cooperation

Atwell, P. C., & Nathan, N. L. (2021) · American Journal of Political Science · doi:10.1111/ajps.12586 · Cited by 16

Germany as a Kin-State: The Development and Implementation of a Norm-Consistent External Minority Policy towards Central and Eastern Europe

Cordell, K., & Wolff, S. (2007) · Nationalities Papers · doi:10.1080/00905990701254367 · Cited by 19

Confucianism and the Legalism: A model of the national strategy of governance in ancient China

Zhou, H. (2011) · Frontiers of Economics in China · doi:10.1007/s11459-011-0150-4 · Cited by 19

Buddhism, Economics, and Environmental Values: A Multilevel Analysis of Sustainable Development Efforts in Bhutan

Brooks, J. S. (2011) · Society & Natural Resources · doi:10.1080/08941920903463838 · Cited by 19

Norm Identification in Multi-agent Societies

Tony, B., Savarimuthu, B. T. R., Cranefield, S., Purvis, M., & Purvis, M. (2010) · Cited by 19

Human-inspired model for norm compliance decision making

Criado, N., Argente, E., Pablo Noriega, A., & Botti, V. J. (2013) · Information Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.ins.2013.05.017 · Cited by 19

Bridging Old and New Institutional Economics: Gustav Schmoller, Leader of the Younger German Historical School, Seen with Neoinstitutionalists’ Eyes

Richter, R. (2015) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-14154-1_8 · Cited by 19

The Political Nature of the Firm and the Cost of Norms

Singer, A. A. (2018) · The Journal of Politics · doi:10.1086/697122 · Cited by 19

Who is Punished Most for Challenging the Status Quo?

Ody-Brasier, A. M., & Vermeulen, F. (2019) · Academy of Management Journal · doi:10.5465/amj.2017.0683 · Cited by 19

Le rôle des affects en économie

Petit, E. (2009) · Revue d économie politique · doi:10.3917/redp.196.0859 · Cited by 34

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND REMITTANCES TO A LEBANESE VILLAGE

Amery, H. A., & Anderson, W. P. (1995) · Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes · doi:10.1111/j.1541-0064.1995.tb00399.x · Cited by 19

How Social Norms Influence Construction Workers’ Safety Behavior: A Social Identity Perspective

Choi, B., & Lee, S. H. (2016) · ASCE Construction Research Congress (CRC) · doi:10.1061/9780784479827.284 · Cited by 19

Institutions and organisations enabling reforms in Indian agricultural research and policy

Raina, R. S. (2003) · International Journal of Technology Management and Sustainable Development · doi:10.1386/ijtm.2.2.97/0 · Cited by 19

A socio‐economic view on management control

Verstegen, B. (2010) · International Journal of Social Economics · doi:10.1108/03068291111091990 · Cited by 19

Rationalité, émotions et normes sociales

Elster, J. (1995) · Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales eBooks · doi:10.4000/books.editionsehess.10123 · Cited by 25

RATIONALITY AND EXTERNAL REFERENCE

Gaertner, W. C., & Xu, Y. (1999) · Rationality and Society · doi:10.1177/104346399011002003 · Cited by 19

How to Learn Sociality: True and False Solutions to Mandeville's Problem

Bianchi, M. (1993) · History of Political Economy · doi:10.1215/00182702-25-2-209 · Cited by 19

Rationality and social norms

Elster, J. (1991) · European Journal of Sociology · doi:10.1017/s0003975600006172 · Cited by 99

Social norms

Elster, J. (1989) · Cambridge University Press eBooks · doi:10.1017/cbo9780511624995.005 · Cited by 1

Social Norms in Experimental Economics: Towards a Unified Theory of Normative Decision Making

Vostroknutov, A. (2020) · Analyse & Kritik. Zeitschrift für Sozialtheorie · doi:10.1515/auk-2020-0002 · Cited by 17

The Moral Economies of Self-interest

Vila‐Henninger, L. A. (2016) · Sociological Perspectives · doi:10.1177/0731121416629995 · Cited by 15

Self-Interest, Norms, and Explanation

Ylikoski, P., & Kuorikoski, J. (2016) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9781315676722-13 · Cited by 2