When to favour your own group? The threats of costly punishments and in-group favouritism

Using a laboratory experiment with minimal groups, we examined the extent to which the threats of costly punishments affect in-group favouritism behaviour. We studied three types of punishment separately: in-group, out-group, and third-party punishments. In line with previous studies, the majority o...

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Main Authors: Harris, D, Herrmann, B, Kontoleon, A
Format: Working paper
Published: University of Oxford 2012