We develop a framework of group corruption via back-door negotiations between an outside initiator and an authority of decision-makers in a hierarchical organization. We examine the role played by the architecture of a multi-tier authority and determine under such a structure how bargaining...

We examine how performance management practices that render employee accomplishments transparent in an organization depend on employees’ hierarchical level. We consider a principal-agent model of an organization where the principal contracts directly with a group of higher-level agent-workers...

The paper considers an infinitely repeated competition between vertical manufacturer-retailer hierarchies. In every period, retailers privately observe the demand, consequently manufacturers pay retailers “information rents”. I compare between several collusive equilibria that differ in the...

This paper investigates how an organization’s formal hierarchy affects the gender diversity in its applicant pool. One perspective based on theories of gendered organizations suggests that, because women may perceive “flat” organizational structures with few hierarchical levels as...

In this article, I speak about a rather obscure economic law called “Gresham’s Law” and how it applies to blockchain networks. While blockchain networks may be new, networks are not. Networks are and always have been the medium in and through which all commerce is conducted. Historically,...

CoNi alloys are excellent magnetic microwave absorption materials, and the influence of various structures on performance is very significant, especially chains versus particles. Herein, a magnetic field-induced solvothermal method was applied to prepare hierarchical CoNi chains, and without the...

What determines individual status in a group and do preferences exhibit a bias over status? Primate studies can shed light on this question, offering insights into the evolutionary roots of human behavior. Field experiments with groups of monkeys living in their natural habitat allow...