Abstract
We study the effect of interpersonal but impersonal interactions on in-group bias in allocational choices. Before the elicitation of the choices, individuals either engage in a cooperative or competitive interaction, or in no interaction at all. We find that a cooperative interaction eliminates any in-group bias as compared to the case where there is no interaction, and even introduces relatively more pro-sociality with respect to out-group. A competitive interaction reduces pro-sociality in general, irrespective of whether others are in- or out-group. (C) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 69-79 |
| Journal | Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization |
| Volume | 179 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Nov 2020 |
Keywords
- In-group bias
- Interactions
- Allocational choices
- Laboratory experiment
- INTERGROUP CONTACT
- SOCIAL CATEGORIZATION
- IDENTITY
- ATTITUDES
- DISTANCE
- EMPATHY
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Potters, J. (Contributor), Xe, X. (Creator) & Suetens, S. (Contributor), DataverseNL, 14 Jun 2023
DOI: 10.34894/8iebjp, https://dataverse.nl/citation?persistentId=doi:10.34894/8IEBJP
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