Determinants of in-group bias: Is group affiliation mediated by guilt-aversion?

Journal of Economic Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 814-827

  Güth, Werner ^a   Ploner, Matteo ^a,b   Regner, Tobias ^a  

^a Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experiments; Group identity; Guilt aversion; Social dilemma; Social preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949091948     PISSN: 01674870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joep.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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