present results from a laboratory experiment in which two parties can appropriate resources via a contest or, alternatively …, take an outside option. Keeping monetary gains expected from fighting constant across all treatments, the experiment …

This paper presents a laboratory experiment to measure the effect of group membership on individual behavior in …"). In stage 3, additional pre-play communication in the group is allowed before the decision and, in stage 4, the decisions … make the binding decision. -- Group decision making ; social comparison ; leadership ; communication …

. -- individual behavior ; group membership ; team decision-making ; experiment … making in teams. I find in an investment experiment that individual decisions with salient group membership are largely the … same as team decisions. This finding bridges the literature on team decision making and on group membership effects …

side, by magnifying the prevalence of anti-social behavior towards outsiders. A large-scale experiment implemented in …

form of hostility between groups. Our experiment provides the first evidence free from the confounding effect of self …

Using a real-effort experiment, we study whether group identity affects unethical behavior in a contest game. We vary …

before making a choice. There are two possible explanations for this "communication effect". One is that communication … enhances group identity, the other is that communication elicits social norms. I discuss both views and argue in favor of a …