The coordinating power of social norms

A popular empirical technique to measure norms uses coordination games elicit what subjects in an experiment consider appropriate behavior a given situation (Krupka and Weber J Eur Econ Assoc 11(3):495–524, 2013). The Krupka–Weber method works under the assumption that use their normative expectations solve game. However, might alternative focal points coordinate, which case may deliver distorted measurements of social norm. We test vulnerability presence salient two series experiments with more than 3000 subjects. find is robust, especially when there are clear about constitutes behavior.