Identity, cooperation, and punishment

Arbeitspapier

Among economists, there is increased recognition of the role individuals' identities play in decision-making. In this paper, we conduct laboratory experiments in which we explore the motivations for and the effects of group identity. We find that negative out-group opinion (acting as an inter-group identity threat) can motivate in-group/out-group effects in a simple bargaining context. Further, our results suggest that disparagement of group norms by members of the in-group (acting as an intra-group identity threat) increases the use of costly punishment within the in-group

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2572

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: Gruppenentscheidung ; Persönlichkeitspsychologie ; Gerechtigkeit ; Kooperatives Spiel ; Test

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): McLeish, Kendra N. ; Oxoby, Robert J.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2007

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/33974
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080425231
• Last update: 11.03.2023, 6:47 PM CET