Other-regarding preferences, in-group bias and political participation: An experiment

被引:5
作者
Robalo, Pedro [1 ]
Schram, Arthur [2 ,3 ]
Sonnemans, Joep [2 ,3 ]
机构
[1] Max Planck Inst Res Collect Goods, Bonn, Germany
[2] Univ Amsterdam, CREED, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Tinbergen Inst, Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
In-group bias; Other-regarding preferences; Political participation; Participation game; Experiment; INTERGROUP COMPETITION; VOTER TURNOUT; PUBLIC-GOODS; PEOPLE VOTE; SOCIAL PREFERENCES; RATIONAL CHOICE; CIVIC DUTY; PERSONALITY; ALTRUISM; BEHAVIOR;
D O I
10.1016/j.joep.2017.04.009
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
This paper presents an experimental study on the relationship between other-regarding preferences, in-group bias and political participation. We conjecture that subjects who are more other-regarding and exhibit higher in-group bias are more likely to bear the costs of participating in group action. Using a participation game, we implement laboratory elections in which two groups compete for victory. We induce different levels of in-group bias across subjects in order to implement treatments in which the competing groups are either highly biased towards the own group vis-vis the other one or are characterized by low levels of such in-group bias. Our results show that, at the aggregate level, participation is higher in environments where in-group-bias is more pronounced. Furthermore, the least other-regarding subjects participate much less often that others, while the more other regarding sustain high participation levels. These findings suggest that interpersonal preferences and intergroup bonds can explain the higher participation of close-knit (political) groups observed in the field. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:130 / 154
页数:25
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