Authority is modelled as the right to undertake a non-contractible decision in a joint project. We show that the … allocation of authority depends on bargaining power and differences in both parties cost functions. The decision-maker is assumed … limited liability, the agent with the larger cost parameter receives authority if the agents' cost parameters are very …

decisionmakers into a general structure of formal authority relations. Within such an authority structure, each decision maker acts … under which conditions decision makers decide to exercise their own authority and to accept their superiors' authority ….We distinguish two types of behavior within such an authority situation. First, we investigate a non-cooperative equilibrium concept …

the ways land conflicts reflected, intensified or reshaped struggles over authority within and between families, local … about land tenure and debates over land transactions often turned on issues of authority. Who was entitled to sell, lease … with conflicts over authority and obligation at all levels of social interaction. This essay will focus on processes of …

This paper presents a theory of the allocation of authority in an organization in which centralization is limited by … the agent's ability to disobey the principal. We show that workers are given more authority when they are costly to … authority thus depends on external market conditions as well as the information and agency problems emphasized in the literature …

This paper discusses the concept of authority in global governance by unpacking the components that characterize its … business and human rights. The paper shows that business authority does not neatly fit into the public-private distinction that … public and private, as well as hybrid, roles in global governance. Business authority then forms a peculiar third, next to …