کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
971422 1479563 2008 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Social networks, self-denial, and median preferences: Conformity as an evolutionary strategy
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Social networks, self-denial, and median preferences: Conformity as an evolutionary strategy
چکیده انگلیسی

Attitudes of conformity can be understood as a product of adaptation. Existing models of conformity invoke preference falsification with individuals hiding their true preferences. We posit an adaptive mechanism for conformity. Because non-conformity leads to costs as a dissenting individual is shut out of social networks and majority coalitions, individuals have an incentive to sublimate their original preferences to a meta-preference for conformity. However, this adaptation is not costless. Resisting original preferences imposes self-denial costs that may exceed the benefits of conforming. Further, a conforming individual foregoes the small probability that his first-best original preferences will be realized.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The Journal of Socio-Economics - Volume 37, Issue 4, August 2008, Pages 1319–1327
نویسندگان
, ,