Identity-Driven Cooperation versus Competition.

Snower, Dennis and Bosworth, S.J. (2016) Identity-Driven Cooperation versus Competition. American Economic Review, 106 (5). pp. 420-424. DOI 10.1257/aer.p20161041.

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Abstract

This paper seeks to extend the domain of identity economics by exploring motivational foundations of in-group cooperation and out-group competition. On this basis, we explore the reflexive interaction between individual economic decisions and social identities in response to technological change in market economies. Our analysis explores how technological change falling on marketable goods and services, rather than non-market caring relationships, leads to a restructuring of identities, which increases the scope of individualism and promotes positional competition at the expense of caring activities. Since positional competition generates negative externalities while caring activities create positive ones, these developments have important welfare implications.

Document Type: Article
Additional Information: Times Cited: 0 Snower, Dennis J. Bosworth, Steven J. 128th Annual Meeting of the American-Economic-Association Jan, 2016 San Francisco, CA
Research affiliation: Kiel University
OceanRep > The Future Ocean - Cluster of Excellence
Refereed: Yes
Open Access Journal?: No
Publisher: American Economic Association
Projects: Future Ocean
Date Deposited: 07 Mar 2017 10:25
Last Modified: 23 Sep 2019 23:13
URI: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/36322

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