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Determinants of In-group Bias: Group Affiliation or Guilt-aversion?
- Autor(in)
- Erschienen
- 10. Juni 2008
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2008-046
- Schlagwort(e)
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experiments
group identity
guilt aversion
social dilemma
social preferences
- Zusammenfsg.
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In-group favoritism in social dilemma situations is one of the main findings of studies in Social Identity Theory. We investigate what causes the in-group bias: is it due to mere group affiliation or, alternatively, is guilt-aversion a possible explanation? We induce group membership in a minimal group setting, observe in-/out-group transfers and elicit respective beliefs. We find that mere group affiliation affects beliefs and explains a substantial part of the bias, but we also find evidence in favor of guilt-aversion as a source of motivation.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- article research fields JER
- experimental economics
- JEL-Classification for JER
- C72 - Noncooperative Games ; D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles ; C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; C92 - Laboratory, Group Behavior ; D84 - Expectations; Speculations