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The new awareness of the consumers regarding environmental issues should allow companies to gain a competitive advantage by obtaining eco-labels which certify the low impact of a product on the environment. Getting such label requires to analyse a product according to rules expressed in natural...
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This paper suggests a modelling of the labelling procedure consistent with empirical observations, that allows the endogenous calculation of labelling criteria. The authority in charge of the labelling program chooses the level of labelling criteria so as to maximise the social surplus,...
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How are consumer attitudes towards eco-labeled products affected by a profusion of labels? This article provides both theoretical and empirical insight into this issue. Assuming that consumers perceive a label both as a sign of quality and of a particular characteristic of a product, we deduce...
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How are consumer attitudes towards eco-labeled products affected by a profusion of labels? This article provides both theoretical and empirical insight into this issue. Assuming that consumers perceive a label both as a sign of quality and of a particular characteristic of a product, we deduce...
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health labeled, eco-labeled or an unlabeled product. We infer lessons for eco-labeling policies, through effects of …
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could be better off by signing an agreement on differentiated standards in order to exploit increasing returns to scale in …
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types of agreement : an agreement on a uniform standard with transfers and an agreement on differentiated standards without … given the expected level of abatement standards, resulting from future bilateral negotiations. Our findings indicate that …
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uniform versus differentiated abatement standards when there are imperfect transferts between countries. To achieve this goal … of similarity of countries to defend the use of uniform standards is not appropriate, when there exists high level of … total welfare criteria, we notice first that differentiated standards with transfers are generally better than uniform …
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Standards and norms are central objects for institutional studies. However, their role in innovation and the creation …-districts, both in France and Denmark. Our analysis reveals different tensions, tradeoffs and priorities, among standards, between …
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strategic use of IP, especially for setting of technical standards. Past examples have explains this role and conclude to the … determinant IP factor. We would like to explore the new use of IP in setting standards in Internet and investigate if the old …
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