Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/210443 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 886
Publisher: 
Queen Mary University of London, School of Economics and Finance, London
Abstract: 
The emergence of competition is a defining aspect of human nature and characterizes many important social environments. However, its relationship with how social groups are formed has received little attention. We design an experiment to analyze how individuals' willingness to compete is affected by group identity. We find that individuals display substantially stronger competitiveness in within group (ingroup) matchings than in between group (outgroup) matchings or in a control setting where no group identity is induced. We also find that the effect of group identity is stronger for subjects who participated more actively in the team-building task.
Subjects: 
competition
social distance
group identity
laboratory experiment
JEL: 
C92
D03
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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