We investigate the consequences of a peaceful shift of power from one social group to another. Theoretically, we show …

investigates these non-pecuniary costs of unemployment and stresses the importance of social identity and therefore social norms …

This paper uses the unique social structure of Arab communities to examine the effect of social identity on voter … turnout. We first show that voters are more likely to vote for a candidate who shares their social group (signified by last … name) as compared to other candidates. Using last name as a measure of group affiliation, we find an inverted U …

Social identity has become accepted as a key concept underpinning the endogeneity of economic behaviour and preferences … measures social identity and its effects on preferences towards redistribution, social solidarity and redistributive … institutions. Empirical evidence indicates that social identity carries weight in explaining the presence of social preferences and …

actions tend to be organized by people through reference groups with a social mission. The intensity of the group identity is … competition and the group effect support the profits of firms with a high ethical code. Paradoxically, a strong group identity …

We propose a theoretical model that embeds social identity concerns, as in Akerlof and Kranton (2000), with inequity … members of British political parties, for whom political identity is salient and redistribution is also likely to be salient … quantitatively stronger social identity effects relative to responders. (3) As redistributive taxes increase, average offers by …

conditions, one relying on social norms and one on social identity, to be compared with a neutral control group. The social norm … desirable behavior is only practiced by a minority within the respective reference group. Bringing climate-friendly behaviors … strategy for social interventions, and test it with an especially sophisticated target group. In particular, we implemented a …