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Favoritism Under Social Pressure [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2001 This paper is concerned with the effect of nonmonetary incentives on behavior, in particular with the study of social pressure as a determinant of corruption. We offer empirical evidence that shows how professional soccer referees favor home teams in order to satisfy the crowds in the stadium. Referees have discretion over the addition of extra time at
Luis Garicano +4 more
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Testing the social pressure hypothesis: Does in-party social pressure reduce out-party empathy? [PDF]
PNAS NexusAbstract Empathy is considered one of the most critical components for bridging political divides and reducing animosity between political groups. Yet, empathy between political opponents is rare. There is a growing concern that partisans do not empathize with out-partisans because they feel social pressure from fellow in-partisans not ...
Pradella L.
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Social Pressure in Opinion Games [PDF]
Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2017 Motivated by privacy and security concerns in online social networks, we study the role of social pressure in opinion games. These are games, important in economics and sociology, that model the formation of opinions in a social network. We enrich the definition of (noisy) best-response dynamics for opinion games by introducing the pressure, increasing
FERRAIOLI, DIODATO, VENTRE, CARMINE
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Not in My Community: Social Pressure and the Geography of Dismissals [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 We investigate the impact of local social pressure on firms’ firing decisions. Using linked employer-employee data, we show that secondary establishments located further away from headquarters have higher dismissal rates than those located closer. The effect of distance on dismissals is stronger, the greater the visibility of the firm in the local ...
Bassanini, Andrea +2 more
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Social Pressure, Transparency, and Voting in Committees
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2017 We examine the consequences of vote transparency in committees whose members fear being blamed by interested observers for casting an unfavorable vote. We show that while individually undesirable, such social pressure can improve the collective decision by mitigating a voting externality.
Name-Correa, AJ, Yildirim, H
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'Giving' in to Social Pressure [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 We develop a theory of charitable giving in which donors feel social pressure from a direct solicitation. We show that equilibrium donations are concentrated around a social norm. Despite a higher level of the public good, relatively poor and/or low altruism givers fare worse under social pressure and would avoid the solicitor at a cost.
Name-Correa, AJ, Yildirim, H
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Social pressure in opinion dynamics [PDF]
Theoretical Computer Science, 2019 Abstract Motivated by privacy and security concerns in online social networks, we study the role of social pressure in opinion dynamics. These are dynamics, introduced in economics and sociology literature, that model the formation of opinions in a social network.
Ferraioli D., Ventre C.
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Favouritism, social pressure, and gender
Oxford Economic PapersAbstract We analyse gender differences in response to social pressure. Our setting provides information on decision-making by both female and male referees towards rewarding extra time in football. The exact score at the time of the decision allows us to evaluate how much it favours the home team and, hence, pleases the audience ...
Spilker, Finn +3 more
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Is everyone a mix of straight and gay? A social pressure theory of sexual orientation, with supporting data from a large global sample. [PDF]
Front Psychol, 2023 Epstein R, Wang H, Zankich VR.
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Perception of low social pressure and lack of capacity reduces vaccination compliance - The case of lumpy skin disease. [PDF]
Transbound Emerg Dis, 2022 Morgenstern M, Sok J, Klement E.
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