Social Division with Endogenous Hierarchy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9706262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James P Choy (0000-0001-8564-9893, University of Warwick and CAGE, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 128 |
| Issue | 615 |
| Pages | 2711-2742 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12508 |
| OpenAlex | W2615299224 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
Many societies are divided into multiple smaller groups. Certain kinds of interaction are more likely to take place within a group than across groups. I model a reputation effect that enforces these divisions. People who are observed to interact with members of different groups are believed to be less trustworthy by members of their own group. A hierarchical relationship between groups appears endogenously in equilibrium. The information requirements for my equilibrium to exist are much less demanding than the information requirements in related models. These different information requirements correspond to concrete differences between the institutions of different Indian castes
Business · Division (mathematics · Division of labour · Economics · Group (periodic table · Hierarchy · Internet privacy · Market economy · Microeconomics · Reputation · Social group · Social science · Sociology · Trustworthiness · Computer Science · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |