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Firm Size And Monitoring

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  • Cheryl Long

    (Colgate University)

  • Richard Boylan

    (Culver College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama)

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We present a model of optimal monitoring expenditures. For any technology that yields a conventional ``S-shaped''' production function for monitoring, the optimal level of monitoring is shown to be higher in medium-sized firms than in both small and large firms. Further, the interaction between specialization and agency are shown to lead to an ``S-shaped'''' production function.

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  • Cheryl Long & Richard Boylan, 2003. "Firm Size And Monitoring," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 4(34), pages 1-5.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-03d20002
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    • D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration

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