Social Norms, the Welfare-State, and Voting

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Social Norms, the Welfare-State, and Voting

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Lindbeck, A.
Nyberg, S.
Weibull, J.W.

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This paper analyzes the interplay between economic incentives and social norms in a public finance context. We assume that to live one's own work is a social norm, and that the larger the population fraction adhering to this norm, the more intensely it is felt by the individual.

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Paper provided by Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in its series Research Institute of Industrial Economics Working Papers with number 453.

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Date of creation: 1996
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Keywords: WELFARE STATE; ETHICS;

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- Lindbeck, Assar & Nyberg, Sten & Weibull, Jörgen W., 1997. "Social Norms, the Welfare State, and Voting," Seminar Papers 608, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies. [Downloadable!]
- Lindbeck, A & Nyberg, S & Weibull, J-W, 1996. "Social Norms, the Welfare State, and Voting," Papers 608, Stockholm - International Economic Studies.

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