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Endogenous Favoritism in Organizations

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  • Kwon Illoong

    (University of Michigan)

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This paper shows that favoritism can arise endogenously as an optimal decision rule in a symmetric model with an ex-ante impartial principal. Furthermore, favoritism dominates fairness specifically when the favorite promotes his own idea and ignores the other's idea so that the non-favorite loses motivation. Our model also provides new insights on hierarchical communication structure and group authority.

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  • Kwon Illoong, 2006. "Endogenous Favoritism in Organizations," The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, De Gruyter, vol. 6(1), pages 1-24, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejtec:v:topics.6:y:2006:i:1:n:10
    DOI: 10.2202/1534-598X.1273
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    1. Jiancai Pi, 2021. "An investigation of seeming favoritism in public procurement," Manchester School, University of Manchester, vol. 89(1), pages 128-137, January.
    2. Dey, Oindrila & Das, Abhishek & Gupta, Gautam & Banerjee, Swapnendu, 2017. "Favouritism Or Fairness?: A Framed Laboratory Experiment," MPRA Paper 80214, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Oindrila Dey, 2018. "Leniency, Status and Output Informativeness," Review of Market Integration, India Development Foundation, vol. 10(1), pages 1-18, April.
    4. Amjid Ali & Dost Muhammad Khan & Mujeeb Hussain, 2018. "Causes of Teacher's Favoritism and Its Effects on the University Students: A Case Study," Global Social Sciences Review, Humanity Only, vol. 3(2), pages 371-386, June.

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