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 distort...

The recently proposed DeGroot-Friedkin model describes the dynamical evolution of individual social power in a social network that holds opinion discussions on a sequence of different issues. This paper revisits that model, and uses nonlinear contraction analysis, among other tools, to establish several novel results. First, we show that for a social network with constant topology, each individ...

This study aims to examine how Iranian EFL learners perceive and apply mitigation devices in request speech act in 4 asymmetrical situations. Role-play interactions and questionnaires were used to elicit the required data from Iranian informants (male vs. female). The results obtained from the analysis of data revealed that in identical situations, male requestors were comparably more certain t...