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Unethical Behavior and Group Identity in Contests

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Using a real-effort experiment, we studied how minimal group identity affects unethical behavior in a contest game. We varied (i) whether individuals had to report their own output or the output of their competitor, (ii) whether group identity was induced or not, and (iii) whether pairs of competitors shared the same group identity or not. We show that individuals misreported in the same proportion and to the same extent by inflating their output or by decreasing their opponent's output. Misreporting was affected neither by the competitor's group identity nor by the individual's beliefs about misreporting. This suggests that in such competitive settings, unethical behavior is mainly driven by an unconditional desire to win. Abstract: Using a real-effort experiment, we studied how minimal group identity affects unethical behavior in a contest game. We varied (i) whether individuals had to report their own output or the output of their competitor, (ii) whether group identity was induced or not, and (iii) whether pairs of competitors shared the same group identity or not. We show that individuals misreported in the same proportion and to the same extent by inflating their output or by decreasing their opponent's output. Misreporting was affected neither by the competitor's group identity nor by the individual's beliefs about misreporting. This suggests that in such competitive settings, unethical behavior is mainly driven by an unconditional desire to win.
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halshs-01592007 , version 1 (22-09-2017)
halshs-01592007 , version 2 (23-01-2019)

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Julien Benistant, Marie Claire Villeval. Unethical Behavior and Group Identity in Contests. 2017. ⟨halshs-01592007v1⟩
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