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Social Norms And Behavior. An Experiment On The Influence Of Social Norms On The Choices Involved In The Ultimatum Game, Hugo A. Acciarri, Andrea Castellano, Fernando Tohme

Hugo Alejandro Acciarri

Change in social norms involves some peculiarities and dimensions not fully explored by conventional Law & Economics. Authors usually assume that their change is characteristically slow and incremental. However, there is not a clear consensus on the causes of those features. A possible explanation might point to computational constraints that prevent or at least hamper, taking into account, swiftly, any change. Experimental conclusions on the Ultimatum Game suggest that socialization influences the players’ behavior, making their choices differ from those predictable according usual (and simple) grounds of individual rationality. By means of an experiment on the basis of the Ultimatum …