Parochial altruism in inter-group conflicts

Klaus Abbink, Jordi Brandts, Benedikt Herrmann and Henrik Orzen

Economics Letters, 2012, vol. 117, issue 1, 45-48

Abstract: We investigate parochial altruism, the combination of in-group altruism and out-group hostility, in an experimental conflict game preceded by a prisoner’s dilemma. Our data are consistent with parochial altruism, but cannot be explained by in-group pro-sociality or out-group hostility alone.

Keywords: Parochial altruism; Conflict; Experiments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C90 D72 D74 F51 H41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2012.04.083

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