Economists are increasingly using experiments to study and measure discrimination between groups. In a meta …. Discrimination varies depending upon the type of group identity being studied: it is stronger when identity is artificially induced … are split into socially or geographically distinct groups. In gender discrimination experiments, there is significant …

Understanding what motivates discrimination is of importance to economists and social scientists in general. In this … socially appropriate. The theoretical work of Akerlof and Kranton (2000, 2005) suggests discrimination will also be stronger … discrimination can help reduce discriminatory behaviour. …

inappropriateness of discrimination. We test the framework of Akerlof and Kranton (2000, 2005), which suggests discrimination will be … affect discriminatory decisions and that the social inappropriateness of discrimination moderates discriminatory behaviour. …

LGBTQ people, but this discrimination is not significantly increased by the concepts of Jesus or God. Neither concept …

measure discrimination along multiple dimensions of social identity, and replicates previous findings showing the strongest … discrimination against out-groups occurs in the political domain. Moreover, we explore a possible explanation for this phenomenon … based upon social norms. We measure the social appropriateness of discrimination along each identity dimension. The ranking …

effects of a 10% biofuel target in the EU are analyzed. …

EU has decided to reduce its GHG emissions by 20% relative to 1990 until the year 2020. These reductions will even rise … competitiveness as a priority area for EU policy and there is some concern about the competitiveness effects of EU climate policy. We … use the multi-sector, multi-region computable general equilibrium model DART to assess the impacts of the recent EU …