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Boehm, Robert, Rockenbach, Bettina ORCID: 0000-0003-2624-1964 and Zimmermann, Jarid (2018). United we stand, divided we fall: The limitations of between-group comparisons for fostering within-group cooperation. J. Econ. Psychol., 69. S. 19 - 30. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. ISSN 1872-7719

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Abstract

Between-group comparisons have been shown to foster within-group cooperation. Yet, here we demonstrate an important limitation to this result: the awareness of the own group's structural disadvantages relative to a comparison group renders within-group cooperation more fragile. More specifically, we confirm the general pattern that the desire to avoid 'lagging behind' a comparison group motivates within-group cooperation. However, having information about the own group's structural disadvantage, i.e., the own group's lower return from cooperation, leads group members to become more sensitive to how well their group 'stands together'. That is, they reduce their contributions more strongly in response to within-group free-riding. Further analyses suggest that particularly those group members who perceive that contributions are not comparable between groups reduce their contributions more strongly in response to within-group free-riding.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Boehm, Robert UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rockenbach, Bettina UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-2624-1964 UNSPECIFIED Zimmermann, Jarid UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-163981
DOI:	10.1016/j.joep.2018.09.005
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Econ. Psychol.
Volume:	69
Page Range:	S. 19 - 30
Date:	2018
Publisher:	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1872-7719
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Center of Excellence C-SEB Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Economics > Microeconomics, Institutions and markets > Professorship for Experimental and Behavioral Economics Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Economics > Microeconomics, Institutions and markets > Reinhard Selten Institute
Subjects:	Economics
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PUBLIC-GOODS GAME; INTERGROUP BEHAVIOR; SELF; COMPETITION; MECHANISM; BELIEFS; PEOPLE Multiple languages Economics; Psychology, Multidisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/16398