Review
Pieces on Social Norms
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Social Norms in Experimental Economics:
Towards a Unified Theory of Normative Decision Making Analyse & Kritik, 2020 |
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Why Do People Follow Social Norms? Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 |
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Norm Multiplicity Current Opinion in Psychology, 2025 |
Theory
of Minds |
Theory of Minds with Erik Kimbrough |
Theory
of Norms| Cognitive
Model |
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A Theory of Injunctive Norms with Erik Kimbrough |
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Resentment and Punishment with Erik Kimbrough |
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A Meta-Theory of Moral Rules with Erik Kimbrough |
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The Evolution of Personal Standards into
Social Norms with Hannes Rusch |
| Affective
Model |
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Affective Decision-Making and Moral
Sentiments with Erik Kimbrough see the video of the NoBec Talks presentation |
Theory
of Institutions |
Endogenous Institutions and Economic
Policy with James A. Robinson and Ekaterina Vostroknutova (also the World Bank Working Paper, see below) |
Recent
Papers
| Norms | |
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Pluralism Breeds Tolerance with Folco Panizza, Eugen Dimant, and Erik Kimbrough |
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The Role of Meta-Context in Moral
Decisions with Folco Panizza and Giorgio Coricelli |
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Normative Acceptance of Power Abuse with Leonard Hoeft and Wladislaw Mill |
| Political
Science |
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Affective
Polarization and Election Expectations with Maxim Doiron, Kaj Thomsson, and Elias Tsakas |
| Beliefs |
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Incentives or Persuasion? An Experimental
Investigation with Andreas Aristidou and Giorgio Coricelli |
Publications
by Topic(see in chronological order)
Institutions |
de Lint, L., Rossmann, M., Vostroknutov, A., 2024. Narrative influence on support of a public policy: The case of nuclear power in the Netherlands. PNAS Nexus 3(4), pgae149 |
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Robinson, J.A., Vostroknutov, A., Vostroknutova, E., 2023. Endogenous Institutions and Economic Policy. Policy Research Working Paper no. WPS10600. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group |
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World Bank, 2023. The Brazil of the Future: towards Productivity, Inclusion, and Sustainability. Washington, D.C.: World Bank Group |
Vostroknutov,
A. The Role of Trust in Intertemporal Choice: The
Case of Brazil (the contribution to the
"Brazil of the Future" report above) |
Social Norms| Methods | |
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Kimbrough, E.O., Vostroknutov, A., 2018. A Portable Method of Eliciting Respect for Social Norms. Economics Letters 168, 147-150 |
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Kimbrough, E.O., Vostroknutov, A., 2016. Norms Make Preferences Social. The Journal of the European Economic Association 14(3), 608-638 |
| Political
Science |
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Panizza, F., Dimant, E., Kimbrough, E., Vostroknutov, A., 2024. Measuring Norm Pluralism and Perceived Polarization in U.S. Politics. PNAS Nexus 3(10), pgae413 |
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Thomsson, K.M., Vostroknutov, A., 2017. Small-World Conservatives and Rigid Liberals: Attitudes Towards Sharing in Self-Proclaimed Left and Right. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 135, 181-192 |
| Economic
Experiments |
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Merguei,
N., Strobel, M., Vostroknutov, A., 2022. Moral Opportunism as a Consequence of
Decision Making under Uncertainty. Journal of Economic Behavior and
Organization 197, 624-642 |
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Gürdal, M.Y., Torul, O., Vostroknutov, A., 2020. Norm Compliance, Enforcement, and the Survival of Redistributive Institutions. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 178, 313-326 |
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Eijkelenboom, G.G., Rohde, I., Vostroknutov, A., 2019. The Impact of the Level of Responsibility on Choices under Risk: The Role of Blame. Experimental Economics 22(4), 794-814 |
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Baader, M., Vostroknutov, A., 2017. Interaction of Reasoning Ability and Distributional Preferences in a Social Dilemma. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 142, 79-91 |
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Gächter, S., Mengel, F., Tsakas, E., Vostroknutov, A., 2017. Growth and Inequality in Public Good Provision. Journal of Public Economics 150, 1-13 |
| Environmental
Economics |
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Kimbrough, E.O., Vostroknutov, A., 2015. The Social and Ecological Determinants of Common Pool Resource Sustainability. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 72, 38-53 |
| Psychology/Neuroscience |
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Panizza, F., Vostroknutov, A., 2025. Norm
Multiplicity. Current Opinion in Psychology
forthcoming |
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Gross, J., Vostroknutov, A., 2022. Why Do
People Follow Social Norms? Current Opinion in Psychology
44, 1-6 |
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Panizza, F., Vostroknutov, A., Coricelli, G., 2021. How Conformity Can Lead to Polarized Social Behavior. PLoS Computational Biology 17(10): e1009530 |
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Gross, J., Emmerling, F., Vostroknutov, A., Sack, A.T., 2018. Manipulation of Pro-Sociality and Rule-Following with Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation. Scientific Reports 8, 1827 |
| Sociology/Philosophy |
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Vostroknutov, A., 2020. Social Norms in Experimental Economics: Towards a Unified Theory of Normative Decision Making. Analyse & Kritik 42(1), 3-39 |
Social Learning
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Panizza, F., Vostroknutov, A., Coricelli, G., 2021. How Conformity Can Lead to Polarized Social Behavior. PLoS Computational Biology 17(10): e1009530 |
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Zonca, J., Vostroknutov, A., Coricelli, G., Polonio,
L., 2021. Timing of Social Feedback Shapes
Observational Learning in Strategic Interaction. Scientific
Reports 11, 21972 |
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Vostroknutov, A., Polonio, L., Coricelli, G., 2018. The Role of Intelligence in Social Learning. Scientific Reports 8, 6896 |
Social
Status |
Rustichini, A., Vostroknutov, A., 2014. Merit and Justice: An Experimental Analysis of Attitude to Inequality. PLoS ONE 9(12): e114512 |
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Vostroknutov, A., 2013. Preferences over Consumption and Status. Theory and Decision 74(4), 509-537 |
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Vostroknutov, A., Tobler, P., Rustichini, A., 2012. Causes of Social Reward Differences Encoded in Human Brain. Journal of Neurophysiology 107, 1403-1412 |
Decisions under Uncertainty |
Fioretti, M., Vostroknutov, A., Coricelli, G., 2022. Dynamic Regret Avoidance. American Economic Journal: Microeconomics 14(1): 70–93 |
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Eijkelenboom, G.G., Rohde, I., Vostroknutov, A., 2019. The Impact of the Level of Responsibility on Choices under Risk: The Role of Blame. Experimental Economics 22(4), 794-814 |
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Mengel, F., Tsakas, E., Vostroknutov, A., 2016. Past Experience of Uncertainty Affects Risk Aversion. Experimental Economics 19(1), 151-176 |
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Vostroknutov, A., 2012. Non-probabilistic Decision Making with Memory Constraints. Economics Letters 117, 303-305 |
Reasoning in Games |
Baader, M., Vostroknutov, A., 2017. Interaction of Reasoning Ability and Distributional Preferences in a Social Dilemma. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 142, 79-91 |
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Hawes, D.R., Vostroknutov, A., Rustichini, A., 2012. Experience and Abstract Reasoning in Learning Backward Induction. Frontiers in Decision Neuroscience 6, 23 |
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Gneezy, U., Rustichini, A., Vostroknutov, A., 2010. Experience and Insight in the Race Game. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 75, 144-155 |
Book Chapters
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Tremewan, J., Vostroknutov, A., 2021. An
Informational Framework for Studying Social Norms.
In Chaudhuri, A. (ed.): A Research Agenda for
Experimental Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing |
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Coricelli, G., Polonio, L., Vostroknutov, A., 2020. The Process of Choice in Games. In Capra, M., Croson, R., Rosenblatt, T., Rigdon M. (eds.): Handbook of Experimental Game Theory. Edward Elgar Publishing |
Other
Working Papers
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A Theory of Reciprocity with Incomplete
Information |
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Awareness in Repeated Games with Friederike Mengel and Elias Tsakas |
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Press
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