On the effects of group identity in strategic environments
- Author(s)
- Chloe Le Coq, James Tremewan, Alexander K. Wagner
- Abstract
We examine differences in behavior between subjects interacting with a member of either the same or different identity group in both a centipede game and a series of stag hunt games. We find evidence that subjects interacting with outgroup members are more likely to behave as though best-responding to uniform randomization of the partner. We conclude that group identity not only affects player׳s social preferences, as identified in earlier research, but also affects the decision making process, independent of changes in the utility function.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Economics, Vienna Center for Experimental Economics
- External organisation(s)
- Stockholm School of Economics
- Journal
- European Economic Review
- Volume
- 76
- Pages
- 239-252
- No. of pages
- 14
- ISSN
- 0014-2921
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.03.001
- Publication date
- 05-2015
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 502053 Economics
- Keywords
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Economics and Econometrics, Finance
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/on-the-effects-of-group-identity-in-strategic-environments(fa385fa4-be2b-43e5-9977-64bf21bbc21f).html