Homophily and Social Norms in Experimental Network Formation Games
| Autor: | Giuseppe Danese, Jasmina Arifovic |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Statistics and Probability
Heterogeneity Homophily Identity Inequity Networks Reciprocity Identity (social science) lcsh:Technology lcsh:Social Sciences reciprocity Reciprocity (social psychology) C91 0502 economics and business Similarity (psychology) ddc:330 050207 economics identity homophily lcsh:T Applied Mathematics Field (Bourdieu) 05 social sciences ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING Preference Network formation lcsh:H inequity networks D01 Statistics Probability and Uncertainty heterogeneity D85 Psychology Social psychology 050203 business & management Inequity aversion |
| Zdroj: | Games Volume 9 Issue 4 Games, Vol 9, Iss 4, p 83 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2073-4336 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/g9040083 |
| Popis: | Field studies of networks have uncovered a preference to befriend people we perceive as similar according to some dimensions of our identity (&ldquo homophily&rdquo ). Lab studies of network formation games have found that adherence to social norms of reciprocity and inequity aversion are also drivers of network choices. No study so far has attempted to investigate the role of both homophily and social norms in a controlled environment. At the beginning of our experiment, each player fills in a personal profile. Each player then views the profile of all other players and expresses a degree of perceived similarity between his/her profile and the profile of the other player. At this point, a repeated network formation game ensues. We find that: (1) potential homophily considerations triggered by the profile rating task did not measurably change the players&rsquo behavior compared to the baseline (2) reciprocity plays a significant role in the formulation of the players&rsquo strategies, in particular lowering the probability that the player naively best responds to the network observed in the previous period. We speculate that reciprocation of past choices might be a more &ldquo available&rdquo aid in strategy-formulation than considerations related to the similarity of the other players. |
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