Fabian Paetzel () and Rupert Sausgruber ()
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Fabian Paetzel: Department of Economics & FOR 2104, Helmut-Schmidt-University
Rupert Sausgruber: Department of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business
Abstract: We study the role of performance differences in a task requiring cognitive effort on in-group bias. We show that the in-group bias is strong in groups consisting of high-performing members, and it is weak in low-performing groups. This holds although high-performing subjects exhibit no in-group bias as members of minimal groups, whereas low-performing subjects strongly do. We also observe instances of low-performing subjects punishing the in-group favoritism of low-performing peers. The same does not occur in high-performing or minimal groups where subjects generally accept that decisions are in-group biased.
JEL-codes: C92; D31; D63 August 2018
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