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Hart, Oliver; Moore, John – Journal of Political Economy, 2005
We consider an economy that has to decide how assets are to be used. Agents have ideas, but these ideas conflict. We suppose that decision-making authority is determined by hierarchy: each asset has a chain of command, and the most senior person with an idea exercises authority. We analyze the optimal hierarchical structure given that some agents…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Money Management, Vertical Organization, Coordination