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The Internal Organization of the Firm, Transaction Costs, and Macroeconomic Growth

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  • Martimort, David
  • Verdier, Thierry

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This article analyzes the links between the internal organization of the firm and macroeconomic growth. We present a Schumpeterian growth model in which firms face agency costs due to the existence of asymmetries of information and the formation of vertical collusions inside those firms. To respond to the threat of collusion, optimal collusion-proof incentive contracts depend on the efficiency of collusive side contracting within organizations. Collusion affects therefore the firms' profitability, the incentives to innovate, and, finally, the stationary equilibrium growth rate of the economy. On the other hand, when the growth rate is small, the prospects of long-term relationships within firms increase the agents' incentives to invest in a better collusive technology. We then discuss the two-way relationships between the structure of internal transaction costs, organizational technologies, and macroeconomic growth. Copyright 2000 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Martimort, David & Verdier, Thierry, 2000. "The Internal Organization of the Firm, Transaction Costs, and Macroeconomic Growth," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 5(4), pages 315-340, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jecgro:v:5:y:2000:i:4:p:315-40
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    1. Magnus Henrekson & Dan Johansson & Johan Karlsson, 2024. "To Be or Not to Be: The Entrepreneur in Neo-Schumpeterian Growth Theory," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 48(1), pages 104-140, January.
    2. Francois, P. & Lloyd-Ellis, H., 2003. "Co-movement, Capital and Contracts : 'Normal' Cycles Through Creative Destruction," Discussion Paper 2003-62, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
    3. David Martimort & Thierry Verdier, 2004. "The Agency Cost of Internal Collusion and Schumpeterian Growth," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 71(4), pages 1119-1141.
    4. Hiller, Victor, 2018. "Self-control and the rise and fall of factory discipline," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 133(C), pages 187-200.
    5. Daron Acemoglu & Pol Antràs & Elhanan Helpman, 2007. "Contracts and Technology Adoption," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 97(3), pages 916-943, June.
    6. Ottaviano, Gianmarco, 2007. "Contract Enforcement, Comparative Advantage and Long-Run Growth," CEPR Discussion Papers 6419, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    7. David Martimort & Thierry Verdier, 2003. "From Inside The Firm to the Growth Process," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 1(2-3), pages 621-629, 04/05.

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    JEL classification:

    • D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
    • O40 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - General
    • L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation

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