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Hugh-Jones, David and Leroch, Martin A. (2012) Reciprocity towards groups : a laboratory experiment on the causes. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. CAGE Online Working Paper Series, Volume 2012 (Number 99).
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Abstract
Field studies of conflict report cycles of mutual revenge between groups, often linked to
perceptions of intergroup injustice. We test the hypothesis that people are predisposed to reciprocate
against groups. In a computerized laboratory experiment, subjects who were harmed by a partner’s
uncooperative action reacted by harming other members of the partner’s group. This group
reciprocity was only observed when one group was seen to be unfairly advantaged. Our results
support a behavioral mechanism leading from perceived injustice to intergroup conflict. We discuss
the relevance of group reciprocity to economic and political phenomena including conflict,
discrimination and team competition.
Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races J Political Science > JC Political theory |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Reciprocity (Psychology) , Interpersonal relations , Ethnic conflict , Intergroup relations | ||||
Series Name: | CAGE Online Working Paper Series | ||||
Publisher: | Department of Economics, University of Warwick | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry, UK | ||||
Official Date: | September 2012 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 2012 | ||||
Number: | Number 99 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 73 | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 1 August 2016 | ||||
Funder: | British Academy (BA) | ||||
Grant number: | SG101553 (BA) | ||||
Version or Related Resource: | Hugh-Jones, David and Leroch, Martin A. (2011) Reciprocity towards groups. Working Paper. Coventry, UK: Department of Economics, University of Warwick. (CAGE Online Working Paper Series, No.52). http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/57660 | ||||
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