Arbeitspapier

Rent seeking and organizational structure

A hierarchically structured rent-seeking contest may be associated with lower equilibrium expenditure than a corresponding flat contest. In this chapter we discuss how this fact may be used to explain the structure of organizations such as firms, including why firms commonly have outside owners.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: SSE/EFI Working Paper Series in Economics and Finance ; No. 749

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill
Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Voting; Proxy Contests; Corporate Governance
Firm Organization and Market Structure
Thema
rent seeking
contests
hierarchy
ownership of firms

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Wärneryd, Karl
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Stockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI)
(wo)
Stockholm
(wann)
2014

Handle
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Wärneryd, Karl
  • Stockholm School of Economics, The Economic Research Institute (EFI)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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