Masks, cameras and social pressure

IF 2.3 3区经济学 Q2 ECONOMICS

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Pub Date : 2024-08-28 DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106699

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Abstract

In this paper, we report the results of two experiments that randomise the share of individuals who are taking an action in subjects’ immediate environment. Despite the differences between our two settings (face masks and online camera use), we uncover some empirical results that are common to both. First, we find that the share of individuals taking the relevant action is increasing in the share of others who take the action (although the relationship need not be linear). Second, and despite this, we find that many individuals nonetheless defy social pressure. Our results point both to the importance of social pressure as well as its very real limits in our settings.

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面具、摄像机和社会压力

在本文中，我们报告了两项实验的结果，这两项实验随机化了受试者周围环境中正在采取行动的人的比例。尽管我们的两种实验环境（面罩和在线摄像头）有所不同，但我们发现了一些两者共同的经验结果。首先，我们发现采取相关行动的个人比例会随着采取该行动的其他人比例的增加而增加（尽管这种关系不一定是线性的）。其次，尽管如此，我们还是发现许多人仍然会顶住社会压力。我们的结果既说明了社会压力的重要性，也说明了社会压力在我们的环境中的局限性。

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来源期刊

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization ECONOMICS-

CiteScore

3.80

自引率

9.10%

发文量

392

期刊介绍： The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization is devoted to theoretical and empirical research concerning economic decision, organization and behavior and to economic change in all its aspects. Its specific purposes are to foster an improved understanding of how human cognitive, computational and informational characteristics influence the working of economic organizations and market economies and how an economy structural features lead to various types of micro and macro behavior, to changing patterns of development and to institutional evolution. Research with these purposes that explore the interrelations of economics with other disciplines such as biology, psychology, law, anthropology, sociology and mathematics is particularly welcome.