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This paper attempts to analyze the implications of the organizational structure of the firms on economic growth and income distribution. The approach used byBeckmann [1977] is generalized and used explicitly as the starting point. The impact of the administrative structure on output growth is then studied using an extension of the Growth-Accounting-Method incorporating the quality of the labor force.
Regarding income distribution it is shown that the coefficients of Pareto distributions can be obtained from the characteristics of the administrative structure. Their contribution to growth is evaluated.
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Correa, H. The firm's administrative structure: Theory, measurement and applications to growth accounting and income distribution. Empirical Economics 8, 93–109 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01973193
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