An Experimental Analysis of In-Group Favoritism and Out-Group Discrimination in the Gain and Loss Domain
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in-group bias; favoritism; discrimination; gain and loss domain; polarization;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C99 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Other
- D30 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - General
- D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- J10 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - General
- J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2023-09-18 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2023-09-18 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-UPT-2023-09-18 (Utility Models and Prospect Theory)
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