Identity, Communication, and Conflict: An Experiment

Sumon Bhaumik, Subhasish Chowdhury, Ralitza Dimova () and Hanna Fromell
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Ralitza Dimova: Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; IZA – Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, Germany; Global Labor Organization, Germany

No 2023009, Working Papers from The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics

Abstract: We investigate experimentally the effects of information about native/immigrant identity, and the ability to communicate a self-chosen personal characteristic towards the rival on conflict behavior. In a two-player individual contest with British and Immigrant subjects in the UK we find that neither information about identity nor communicating self-characteristics significantly affect the average level of conflict. Both of those, however, significantly affect players’ strategies, in the sense of the extent they involve conflict over time. Overall, the results indicate that inter-personal communication may help to mitigate high intensity conflicts when the identities are common knowledge among rivals.

Keywords: Commodity taxation; Experiment; Identity; Immigrant; Communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C72 C91 D72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2023-04
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