Survey Evidence on Conditional Norm Enforcement

Traxler, Christian; Winter, Joachim

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Survey Evidence on Conditional Norm Enforcement

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Traxler, Christian
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Max Planck Society;

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Traxler, C., & Winter, J. (2009). Survey Evidence on Conditional Norm Enforcement.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0028-6FBC-3

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We discuss survey evidence on individuals' willingness to sanction norm violations – such as evading taxes, drunk driving, fare dodging, or skiving off work – by expressing disapproval or social exclusion. Our data suggest that people condition their sanctioning behavior on their belief about the frequency of norm violations. The more commonly a norm violation is believed to occur, the lower the individuals' inclination to punish it. Based on an instrumental variable approach, we demonstrate that this pattern reflects a causal relationship.