TY  - JOUR
TI  - Cognitive ability and in-group bias
AB  - We study the role of performance differences in a task requiring cognitive effort on in-group bias. We show that the in-group bias is strong in groups consisting of high-performing members, and it is weak in low-performing groups. This holds although high-performing subjects exhibit no in-group bias as members of minimal groups, whereas low-performing subjects strongly do. We also observe instances of low-performing subjects punishing the in-group favoritism of low-performing peers. The same does not occur in high-performing or minimal groups where subjects generally accept that decisions are in-group biased.
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.04.006
SP  - 280
EP  - 292
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.04.006
PY  - 2018-01-01
JO  - Journal of Public Economics
AU  - Paetzel, Fabian 
AU  - Sausgruber, Rupert 
ER -