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Economic Hierarchies, Organization and the Structure of Production

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Gordon Tullock

    1. Department of Economics, University of Arizona, USA

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Part of the book series: Studies in Public Choice (SIPC, volume 7)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 1-6

  3. Why Hierarchical Organizations? Why Not?

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 7-21

  4. Parallel Problems

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 23-39

  5. In the Belly of the Beast

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 41-56

  6. Life in the Interior

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 57-74

  7. Structural Reform

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 75-88

  8. Termites

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 89-101

  9. A General Picture

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 103-115

  10. Random Allocation

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 117-138

  11. Rent Seeking and the Importance of Disorganization

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 139-150

  12. Restricted Scope

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 151-163

  13. Incentives

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 165-180

  14. Summing Up

    • Gordon Tullock
    Pages 181-187

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 189-196
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About this book

Economics has been basically a study of the interactions between organizations, with some organizations being so small we only have one person in them. The internal organization of the largest hierarchies has indeed been looked at, but a good reason for working less on these organizations is that the internal reactions are much harder to understand. It is sensible to solve the problems we can solve and put the others off until later. The author's basic purpose here is to look at these larger hierarchical organizations, and develop a scientific account of them.
In Economic Hierarchies, Organization and the Structure of Production Gordon Tullock examines the internal functioning and organization of the corporation. In the author's personal tradition, the book relies on narrative analysis rather than mathematical complexity to convey insights into the functioning of the corporation.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Economics, University of Arizona, USA

    Gordon Tullock

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economic Hierarchies, Organization and the Structure of Production

  • Authors: Gordon Tullock

  • Series Title: Studies in Public Choice

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2948-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9168-5Published: 30 April 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5309-9Published: 27 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-2948-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4700

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-5258

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 196

  • Topics: Econometrics, Political Science, Industrial Organization

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