Organizational Fixed Costs and Organizational Structure

Benjamin Hermalin ()

Industrial Organization from EconWPA

Abstract: This paper shows how fixed costs can play an important role in determining the structure of organizations. Applications considered include layoffs, downsizing, heterogeneity among firms, and the structure of hierarchies. Agency problems as a source of fixed costs are also considered.

Keywords: fixed costs; organizational structure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L2 D21 D23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1996-10-31
Note: Type of Document - Postscript/PDF; prepared on IBM PC ; to print on Postscript/Any; pages: 22 ; figures: included

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