Why do ingroup members help outgroup strangers? Focusing on the case of Greece in the context of the Syrian refugee crisis, I study behavioral motivations of host community members who offered assistance to asylum seekers. Drawing on an in-depth analysis of behavioral patterns and their variations, I assert the importance of the type of intergroup contact in influencing prosocial actions.

Respondent: Nancy Bermeo, Emerita, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

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