@article{ref1,
title="Anger, legacies of violence, and group conflict: an experiment in post-riot Acre, Israel",
journal="Conflict management and peace science",
year="2018",
author="Zeitzoff, Thomas",
volume="35",
number="4",
pages="402-423",
abstract="Extant research hypothesizes that anger over past intergroup conflict serves as a catalyst for future conflict. However, few studies have experimentally tested this hypothesis on a representative sample in a high-stakes, field setting. I use a behavioral economics experiment to measure how anger over past conflict influences intergroup relations. Subjects were sampled proportional to population and ethnicity in Acre, Israel, a mixed city of Jews and Palestinian Citizens of Israel that experienced ethnic riots in 2008. The experiment randomly assigned subjects to an anger treatment about the riots or a neutral condition. Subjects then allocated income between themselves and three partners: one from their ingroup, one from their outgroup, and one whose identity was unclear. I find that priming anger over the riots did not increase discrimination. Rather, it reduced altruism to all groups, and this result was strongest for &quot;high aggression&quot; types. Qualitative information suggests that blame for the riots falls on both ingroup and outgroup members.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0738-8942",
doi="10.1177/0738894216647901",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0738894216647901"
}