Aversion to norm-breaking: A model

Aversion to norm-breaking: A model

In experimental games, we observe the following phenomena: (1) many subjects cooperate contrary to their material interest, (2) they cooperate in a reciprocal manner, (3) subjects often punish those others who behave unkindly, and (4) previous history usually influences subjects’ choices. We propose a simple game-theoretical model to account for these and other experimental phenomena, and compa...

norm breaking in ahmad matar poetry

ahmad matar – iraqi satirical poet – attempted to save the arabic governments from imperialistic yoke who tried to arrogate nations’ freedom. his poetic language has sensible characteristics which the poet applies them in order to invite people to freedom and liberty. norm breaking is one of his poetry’s features. the present article tries to survey the vocal norm breaking – including rhyme, rh...

Dissociating Guilt- and Inequity-Aversion in Cooperation and Norm Compliance.

A Distributed Norm Compliance Model

Norms can be used in the scope of distributed computational systems to provide reliable contexts of interaction between parties where acceptable behaviour is specified in terms of regulations or guidelines. These have been explored in various formalisations, and many are the theoretical frameworks that allow to implement and operationalise them. However, when applying these frameworks to comple...

A two-parameter model of dispersion aversion

The idea of representing choice under uncertainty as a trade-off between mean returns and some measure of risk or uncertainty is fundamental to the analysis of investment decisions. In this paper, we show that preferences can be characterized in this way, even in the absence of objective probabilities. We develop a model of uncertainty averse preferences that is based on a mean and a measure of...