Arbeitspapier

Anti-Social Behavior in Groups

This paper provides strong evidence supporting the long-standing speculation that decision-making in groups has a dark side, by magnifying the prevalence of anti-social behavior towards outsiders. A large-scale experiment implemented in Slovakia and Uganda (N=2,309) reveals that deciding in a group with randomly assigned peers increases the prevalence of anti-social behavior that reduces everyone's payoff but which improves the relative position of own group. The effects are driven by the influence of a group context on individual behavior, rather than by group deliberation. The observed patterns are strikingly similar on both continents.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 11944

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Design of Experiments: Laboratory, Group Behavior
Field Experiments
Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡
Thema
group decision-making
antisocial behavior
aggressive competitiveness
group membership
group conflict

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Bauer, Michal
Cahlíková, Jana
Celik Katreniak, Dagmara
Chytilová, Julie
Cingl, Lubomir
Želinský, Tomáš
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2018

Handle
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Bauer, Michal
  • Cahlíková, Jana
  • Celik Katreniak, Dagmara
  • Chytilová, Julie
  • Cingl, Lubomir
  • Želinský, Tomáš
  • Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2018

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