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Social Norms

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  • Cristina Bicchieri
  • Ryan Muldoon
  • Alessandro Sontuoso

    (Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Pennsylvania)

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This is a draft of an entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

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  • Cristina Bicchieri & Ryan Muldoon & Alessandro Sontuoso, 2018. "Social Norms," PPE Working Papers 0015, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
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    Keywords

    social norms; social preferences; social dilemmas;
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    JEL classification:

    • C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
    • C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior

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