Endogenous favouritism with status incentives: A model of optimum inefficiency
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Keywords
Favouritism; status-incentives; principal-agent; moral hazard; optimal contract;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CTA-2015-03-22 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-HRM-2015-03-22 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
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