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Intertemporal Common Agency and Organizational Design: How much Decentralization?

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  • Gaute Torsvik

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  • Trond Olsen & Gaute Torsvik, 1993. "Intertemporal Common Agency and Organizational Design: How much Decentralization?," CESifo Working Paper Series 37, CESifo.
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