A Theory of Abuse of Authority in Hierarchies
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Keywords
Agency; moral hazard; abuse of authority; blackmail; hierarchy; incomplete contracts; Contrats; risque moral; abus d'autorité; chantage; hiérarchie; contrats incomplets;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D82 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
- L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
- M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-IND-1999-05-17 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-MIC-1999-05-17 (Microeconomics)
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