Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/320486 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17892
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We investigate how group identity affects belief updating about moral norms. Using a Belief Updating task, we found that individuals follow a cautious version of Bayesian updating. Group identity itself does not directly affect belief updating. However, when given an information signal about the truthfulness of a normative statement that is dissonant with one's perceived norm, individuals differ in their resistance to updating beliefs. This difference depends on whether the statement reflects moral norm judgments from people with the same or different political affiliation, and whether the signal supports or opposes honesty. This highlights the importance of understanding how one updates beliefs regarding moral norms, and how the group identity of those making normative judgments can be an important consideration.
Subjects: 
online experiment
group identity
belief updating
social norms
cheating
JEL: 
C91
D83
D91
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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