Arbeitspapier
Firm Size, Economic Situation and Influence Activities
This paper discusses the optimal firm size in the presence of influence activities, and the level of individual rent-seeking dependent on the economic situation of the firm. Since size has a discouraging effect on the level of individual rent-seeking but also a quantity effect as the number of rent-seekers increases, the interplay of both effects determines whether the employer chooses an inefficiently small or large firm size. In the given setting, a bad economic situation leads to both a higher probability of a substantial loss and a reduction of productivity. The productivity effect and the two other effects together determine the optimal level of individual rent-seeking.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Bonn Econ Discussion Papers ; No. 16/2006
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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economic situation
firm size
influence activities
politicking
rent-seeking
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Kräkel, Matthias
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
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Bonn
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2006
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Kräkel, Matthias
- University of Bonn, Bonn Graduate School of Economics (BGSE)
Entstanden
- 2006
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