. We show that in the absence of hassle costs, MCCs might induce collusion in homogeneous markets even if they are adopted … only by few retailers. If hassle and implementation costs are mild, collusion can be enforced by BCCs with lump sum refunds …

Fighting collusion has long been a challenge in organizations, whilst favoritism in organizations has long been … attacked as one of the most important sources of workplace conflicts. This paper links the phenomena of collusion and … favoritism together which seem to be irrelevant. We show that favoritism cannot benefit organizations where collusion is not a …