Do In-group Perpetrator Narratives Reduce Out-group Animosity? Experimental Evidence from Spain

• In Event: Sources and Determinants of Intergroup Conflict

Brief Overview

We study how in-group victimhood narratives affect attitudes towards out-groups, with a focus on antisemitism in Spain. We present evidence from a survey experiment where respondents are primed about historical victimization of Jews in Spain.

Authors

• Laia Balcells, Georgetown University

• Elias Dinas, Eui

• Ethan John vanderWilden, University of Wisconsin–Madison