Dynamic Bargaining and Normative Conflict

•We study a situation in which different social norms prescribe different behavior, which may lead to normative conflict.•We study the dynamics of normative conflict in a repeated bargaining experiment.•We show how normative conflict may eventually be resolved by converging to a common norm and characterize the resulting social norms.•Convergence to a shared norm is likely in simple and complex situations, but unlikely in moderately complex situations.