We introduce an incentivized elicitation method for identifying social norms that uses simple
coordination games. We demonstrate that concern for the norms we elicit and for money …

This chapter reviews recent developments in the extensive and growing experimental
literature on coordination games. Coordination is necessary whenever there exist multiple …

We compare social preference and social norm–based explanations for peer effects in a
three-person gift exchange experiment. In the experiment a principal pays a wage to each of …

Social norms have long been recognized as an important factor in curtailing antisocial
behavior, and stricter prosocial norms are commonly associated with increased prosocial …

A burgeoning literature in economics has started examining the role of social norms in
explaining economic behavior. Surprisingly, the vast majority of this literature has studied …

Using trust games, we study how promises and messages are used to build new trust where
it did not previously exist and to rebuild damaged trust. In these games, trustees made non …

This chapter has two distinct parts. In Sections 2, 3, and 4 we discuss a number of technical
dimensions pertaining to the implementation of communication in laboratory experiments. 1 …

This review discusses selected work in experimental game theory. My goals are to further
the dialogue between theorists and empiricists that has driven progress in economics and …

Food labels have been used extensively for informing consumers to make more rational and
safer decisions. However, this carries the risk of confusing consumers with multiple claims …

Traditionally, the virtue of democratic elections has been seen in their role as means of
screening and sanctioning shirking public officials. This article proposes a novel rationale for …