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Tax compliance, income distribution and social norms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
This paper studies the effect of income inequality on tax evasion. To discuss the topic, we present a simple model, based on Benabou and Tirole [6], that incorporates incentives for tax compliance such as punishment and fines, intrinsic motivation and ...
Di Gioacchino, Debora   +1 more
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Energy Demand Management and Social Norms

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
The main objective of our study was investigating the impact of norms and financial motivation on the disutility of energy management for Polish households. We analyzed consumer preferences and willingness to accept demand-side management (DSM) programs.
Bernadeta Gołębiowska   +2 more
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Social Norms for Behavior Change: A Synopsis

open access: yesEDIS, 2022
The purpose of this document is to discuss some of the important distinctions and definitions associated with social norms, so Extension professionals and other types of nonformal education practitioners can improve the efficacy of their behavior change
Laura A. Warner   +2 more
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The Behavior of Information: A Reconsideration of Social Norms

open access: yesSocieties, 2023
Do social norms really matter, or are they just behavioral idiosyncrasies that become associated with a group? Social norms are generally considered as a collection of formal or informal rules, but where do these rules come from and why do we follow them?
Jennifer A. Loughmiller-Cardinal   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The norms of thought: Are they social?

open access: yesMind & Society, 2001
A commonplace in contemporary philosophy is that mental content has normative properties. A number of writers associate this view to the idea that the normativity of content is essentially connected to its social character. I agree with the first thesis, but disagree with the second.
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Social norms: A review

open access: yesReview of Communication Research, 2016
Social norms, as a topic of inquiry, has garnered significant attention from a variety of perspectives in recent years. Because of the rapidly-growing interest in social norms from scholars in multiple disciplines, this area of scholarship is often characterized by a lack of clarity on what constitutes social norms and how key concepts are ...
Chung, Adrienne, Rimal, Rajiv N.
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Punitive Damages, Social Norms, and Economic Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 1997
Cooter offers an economic analysis of punitive damages, keeping in mind the role of social norms.
Cooter, Robert D.
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Lessons Learned from a Mixed-Method Pilot of a Norms-Shifting Social Media Intervention to Reduce Teacher-Perpetrated School-Related Gender-Based Violence in Uganda

open access: yesAdolescents, 2023
Background: Violence against children (VAC) is a global epidemic rooted in gender norms. One of the most common forms of VAC is school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV). Research has shown the promise of social media to shift norms underlying abusive
Jasmine Uysal   +7 more
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Social norms and peace.

open access: yesPeace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology
To explore the multifaceted roles of social norms and peace in various sociopolitical and conflict contexts, this special issue presents a variety of research articles aimed at unraveling such a complex dynamic. It delves into the impact of social norms on policy-based support amid violent conflict, the mediating role of social alienation in linking ...
Islam Borinca   +2 more
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Coexistence of Social Norms based on In- and Out-group Interactions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The question how social norms can emerge from microscopic interactions between individuals is a key problem in social sciences to explain collective behavior. In this paper we propose an agent-based model to show that randomly distributed social behavior
Fent, Thomas   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

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