concerns of outsourcing is the quality of service. We use a game theoretic model to design optimal contracts between the buyer … outsourcing quantity, quality, price and a cut-off point that will make the contract unsuitable. …

concerns of outsourcing is the quality of service. We use a game theoretic model to design optimal contracts between the buyer … outsourcing quantity, quality, price and a cut-off point that will make the contract unsuitable. …

and the contractor sign the contract, the latter may bribe the inspector to misrepresent quality. Thus, the mechanism … on the size of the quality misrepresentation, and also uncertainty about the size of the bribe. In all cases, the optimal … contract curtails quality not only for low e¢ ciency contractors but also for the most efficient contractors. Implementation is …

. Combining a dataset of Argentinean firm-level destination-specific wine exports with quality ratings, we show that higher …We explore whether the global financial crisis has had heterogeneous effects on traded goods differentiated by quality … quality exports grew faster before the crisis, but this trend reversed during the recession. Quantitatively, the effect is …

set of Argentinean firm-level wine exports combined with experts wine ratings as a measure of quality. … bilateral distance, tariffs, and the quality of their exports. Under the assumption that trade costs are both ad valorem and per … smaller in magnitude for higher quality exports. We find strong support for the predictions of the model using a unique data …