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Optimal NGO financing of a resource management certification scheme
Fulton, Murray Evan; Vercammen, James Alfred - In: Environmental & resource economics : the official … 58 (2014) 4, pp. 605-626
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Impacts of private sustainability certification on practices of tea production in Tamilnadu, India
Vermeulen, Walter J. V.; Dengerink, Just D. - In: International journal of business and globalisation : IJBG 17 (2016) 1, pp. 45-82
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Private standards and global governance : economic, legal and political perspectives
Marx, Axel (ed.) - 2012
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Private standards and global governance : economic, legal and political perspectives
Marx, Axel (ed.); Maertens, Miet (ed.); Swinnen, Johan (ed.) - 2012
pt. 1. Global governance through private standards : the cases of natural resources, food and labour conditions -- pt. 2. Private food standards and global governance : economic perspectives -- pt. 3. Private food standards and global governance : legal perspectives.
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Separating Equilibria with Imperfect Certification
Strausz, Roland - 2010
Viscusi (1978) shows how, in markets with quality uncertainty, perfect certification results in separation from top … down due to an unraveling process similar to Akerlof (1970). De and Nabar (1991) argue that imperfect certification …' buying decision explicitly, a separating equilibrium with imperfect certification does exist. …
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The Credibility of Certifiers
Stolper, Anno - 2011
It is often argued that certifiers have an incentive to offer inflated certificates, although they deny it. In this paper, we study a model in which a certifier is paid by sellers, and may offer them inflated certificates, but incurs costs if doing so. We find that the certifier may face a...
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Quality standards for food products : a particular burden for small producers in developing countries?
Chemnitz, Christine; Grethe, Harald; Kleinwechter, Ulrich - 2007
This paper develops an analytical framework which structures the problem of whether, how and to what extent small producers in developing countries are disadvantaged by the increasing prevalence of food quality standards. Based on a literature review, the empirical evidence is structured and...
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Who should pay for certification?
Stahl, Konrad; Strausz, Roland - 2010
Who does, and who should initiate costly certification by a third party under asymmetric quality information, the buyer …-induced certification acts as an inspection device, whence seller-induced certification acts as a signalling device. Seller …-induced certification maximizes the certifier's profit and social welfare. This suggests the general principle that certification is, and …
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Separating equilibria with imperfect certification
Strausz, Roland - 2010
Viscusi (1978) shows how, in markets with quality uncertainty, perfect certification results in separation from top … down due to an unraveling process similar to Akerlof (1970). De and Nabar (1991) argue that imperfect certification …' buying decision explicitly, a separating equilibrium with imperfect certification does exist. …
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Discretionary disclosures using a certifier
Marinovic, Iván; Sridhar, Sri S. - In: Journal of accounting & economics 59 (2015) 1, pp. 25-40
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