TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Aksoy, Cevat Giray
AU  - Cabrales, Antonio
AU  - Dolls, Mathias
AU  - Durante, Ruben
AU  - Windsteiger, Lisa
        TI  - Calamities, Common Interests, Shared Identity: What Shapes Altruism and Reciprocity?
        PY  - 2021/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14411
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp14411
        AB  - We conduct a large-scale survey experiment in nine European countries to study how priming a major crisis (COVID-19), common economic interests, and a shared identity influences altruism, reciprocity and trust of EU citizens. We find that priming the COVID-19 pandemic increases altruism and reciprocity towards compatriots, citizens of other EU countries, and non-EU citizens. Priming common European values also boosts altruism and reciprocity but only towards compatriots and fellow Europeans. Priming common economic interests has no tangible impact on behaviour. Trust in others is not affected by any treatment. Our results are consistent with the parochial altruism hypothesis, which asserts that because altruism arises out of inter-group conflict, humans show a tendency to favor members of their own groups.
        KW  - reciprocity
KW  - altruism
KW  - Europe
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - survey experiment
        ER  -