Political polarization has ruptured the fabric of U.S. society. I quantify this phenomenon through the use of 5 pre … existing polarization in the context of Donald J. Trump. I find strong heterogeneous effects: ingroup-love occurs in the … to cooperate. In a final step, I test whether popular behavioral interventions (defaults and norm-nudging) can eradicate …

others). In addition, the pernicious outcomes of partisan identity also comport with the elicited social norms. Noteworthy …Political polarization has ruptured the fabric of U.S. society. The focus of this paper is to examine various layers of … (non-)strategic decision-making that are plausibly affected by political polarization through the lens of one's feelings of …

others). In addition, the pernicious outcomes of partisan identity also comport with the elicited social norms. Noteworthy …Political polarization has ruptured the fabric of U.S. society. The focus of this paper is to examine various layers of … (non-)strategic decision-making that are plausibly affected by political polarization through the lens of one's feelings of …

This paper provides an argument for the advantage of a preference for identity-consistent behaviour from an … evolutionary point of view. Within a stylised model of social interaction, we show that the development of cooperative social norms … is greatly facilitated if the agents of the society possess a preference for identity consistent behaviour. As …

This paper provides an argument for the advantage of a preference for identity-consistent behaviour from an … evolutionary point of view. Within a stylised model of social interaction, we show that the development of cooperative social norms … is greatly facilitated if the agents of the society possess a preference for identity consistent behaviour. As …

This paper provides an argument for the advantage of a preference for identity-consistent behaviour from an … evolutionary point of view. Within a stylised model of social interaction, we show that the development of cooperative social norms … is greatly facilitated if the agents of the society possess a preference for identity consistent behaviour. As …

Is being informed about nudging detrimental to the effect of the nudge? This paper reports results from an experimental … particular, (only) slow decision makers react more positively (keeping the default) if nudging is made transparent. Moreover, the …

Is being informed about nudging detrimental to the effect of the nudge? This paper reports results from an experimental … particular, (only) slow decision makers react more positively (keeping the default) if nudging is made transparent. Moreover, the …

The enforcement of social norms is the fabric of a functioning society. Through the lens of mul-tiple studies using … behavioral experiment in Study 1, we subsequently examine how norms are perceived across dif-ferent transgressions and how norm … norms are vague. Importantly, we find that punishment patterns in the first experiment closely follow these norm perceptions …