@techreport{1d6b76fbf42a48b8b4f5f68e3cce6eee,
title = "Cognitive Ability and In-group Bias: An Experimental Study",
abstract = "We study the role of performance differences in a task requiring cognitive effort on in-group bias. We show that the in-group bias is strong in groups consisting of high-performing members, and it is weak in low-performing groups. This holds although high-performing subjects exhibit no in-group bias as members of minimal groups, whereas low-performing subjects strongly do. We also observe instances of low-performing subjects punishing the in-group favoritism of low-performing peers. The same does not occur in high-performing or minimal groups where subjects generally accept that decisions are in-group biased.",
author = "Fabian Paetzel and Rupert Sausgruber",
year = "2018",
month = aug,
day = "1",
doi = "10.57938/1d6b76fb-f42a-48b8-b4f5-f68e3cce6eee",
language = "English",
series = "Department of Economics Working Paper Series",
number = "265",
publisher = "WU Vienna University of Economics and Business",
address = "Austria",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "WU Vienna University of Economics and Business",
}