Gender differences in corporate hierarchies
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منابع مشابه
Information Gathering , Delegated Contracting , and Corporate Hierarchies
In a typical corporate hierarchy, the manager is delegated the authority to make strategic decisions, and to contract with other employees. We study when such delegation can be optimal. In centralization, the owner retains the authority, which fails to motivate the manager to acquire valuable information, leading to suboptimal decisions and inefficient incentive provision to the worker. Benefic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: IZA world of labor
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2054-9571']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15185/izawol.358.v2