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Who should pay for certification?
Stahl, Konrad; Strausz, Roland - 2011
Who does, and who should initiate costly certification by a third party under asymmetric quality information, the buyer or the seller? Our answer - the seller - follows from a nontrivial analysis revealing a clear intuition. Buyer-induced certification acts as an inspection device,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011365
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Who should pay for certification?
Stahl, Konrad; Strausz, Roland - 2011
Who does, and who should initiate costly certification by a third party under asymmetric quality information, the buyer or the seller? Our answer - the seller - follows from a nontrivial analysis revealing a clear intuition. Buyer-induced certification acts as an inspection device,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009244217
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Informational opacity and honest certification
Pollrich, Martin; Wagner, Lilo - 2014
This paper studies the interaction of information disclosure and reputational concerns in certification markets. We argue that by revealing less precise information a certifier reduces the threat of capture. Opaque disclosure rules may reduce profits but also constrain feasible bribes. For large...
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Minimum quality standards and compulsory labeling : more than the sum of its parts
Birg, Laura; Vosswinkel, Jan S. - 2014
This paper studies the effect of a minimum quality standard, a compulsory labeling scheme, and the combination of both instruments in a vertical differentiation model when not all quality dimensions of products can be observed byconsumers. Both a minimum quality standard on the non-observable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459945
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Who Should Pay for Certification?
Stahl, Konrad O.; Strausz, Roland - 2021
Who does, and who should initiate costly certification by a third party under asymmetric quality information, the buyer or the seller? Our answer - the seller - follows from a nontrivial analysis revealing a clear intuition. Buyer-induced certification acts as an inspection device,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316064
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Quality management system and firm performance in an emerging economy : the case of Colombian manufacturing industries : prepared for the Institutions for Development Department by...
Gallego, Juan Miguel; Gutiérrez Urdaneta, Luis H. - 2017
Over one million firms around the world have adopted a Quality Management System (QMS) that conforms to ISO 9001 certification in 2015 and recent figures show that certifications have rapidly increased in emerging economies. ISO 9001 is considered a signal of high quality for products or...
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Who Should Pay for Certification?
Stahl, Konrad O.; Strausz, Roland - 2011
Who does, and who should initiate costly certification by a third party under asymmetric quality information, the buyer or the seller? Our answer - the seller - follows from a nontrivial analysis revealing a clear intuition. Buyer-induced certification acts as an inspection device,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014178824
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The Political Economy of Regional Cooperation in South Asia
Desai, V.V. - 2010
expansion in trade and cooperation among members, while several others have achieved little. Studies show that performances vary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010507491
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The political economy of regional cooperation in South Asia
Desai, Vishvanath V. - 2010
expansion in trade and cooperation among members, while several others have achieved little. Studies show that performances vary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283435
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On the Political Economy of High Skilled Migration and International Trade
Bougheas, Spiros; Nelson, Douglas R. - CESifo - 2012
We develop a two-country, two-sector model with a continuum of workers to address the link between migration and trade … free trade areas more likely to support full integration than states without free trade? Second, is trade liberalization … more likely to be supported by a simultaneous referendum on trade and migration than in one on trade alone? The key to our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556846