Use and Abuse of Authority: A Behavioral Foundation of the Employment Relation
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- Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Klaus Schmidt, 2013. "Use and Abuse of Authority - A Behavioral Foundation of the Employment Relation," CESifo Working Paper Series 4068, CESifo.
- Björn Bartling & Ernst Fehr & Klaus M. Schmidt, 2012. "Use and abuse of authority: A behavioral foundation of the employment relation," ECON - Working Papers 098, Department of Economics - University of Zurich.
- Schmidt, Klaus & Fehr, Ernst & Bartling, Björn, 2012. "Use and Abuse of Authority: A Behavioral Foundation of the Employment Relation," CEPR Discussion Papers 9231, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
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Keywords
theory of the firm; transaction cost economics; authority; power abuse; employment relation; fairness; reputation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
- D23 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights
- D86 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Economics of Contract Law
- M5 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CBE-2012-12-22 (Cognitive and Behavioural Economics)
- NEP-CTA-2012-12-22 (Contract Theory and Applications)
- NEP-EXP-2012-12-22 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-HME-2012-12-22 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-HPE-2012-12-22 (History and Philosophy of Economics)
- NEP-HRM-2012-12-22 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
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