customers in a credence goods market: the level of competition, the expert firm's financial situation, its competence, and its … that regularly checks the reliability of garages in Germany. We find that more intense competition and high competence …This paper investigates the impact of four key economic variables on an expert firm's incentive to defraud its …

customers in a credence goods market: the level of competition, the expert firm’s financial situation, its competence, and its … that regularly checks the reliability of garages in Germany. We find that more intense competition and high competence …This paper investigates the impact of four key economic variables on an expert firm’s incentive to defraud its …

intensity of price competition and the level of customer information about past expert behavior influence an expert’s incentive … to defraud his customers when the expert can build up reputation. We show that the level of fraud is significantly higher … competition. More customer information does not necessarily decrease the level of fraud. …

intensity of price competition and the level of customer information about past expert behavior influence an expert’s incentive … to defraud his customers when the expert can build up reputation. We show that the level of fraud is significantly higher … competition. More customer information does not necessarily decrease the level of fraud. …

-42, 2006). We consider various markets for credence goods and briefly discuss evidence on the extent of fraud. We then review …, reputational concerns, competition between experts and second opinions). We also describe recent developments in this area of …

customers in a credence goods market: the level of competition, the expert firm’s financial situation, its competence, and its … that regularly checks the reliability of garages in Germany. We find that more intense competition and high competence …This paper investigates the impact of four key economic variables on an expert firm’s incentive to defraud its …

customers in a credence goods market: the level of competition, the expert firm's financial situation, its competence, and its … Association that regularly checks the reliability of garages in Germany. We find that more intense competition and high competence …This paper investigates the impact of four key economic variables on an expert firm's incentive to defraud its …

customers in a credence goods market: the level of competition, the expert firm's financial situation, its competence, and its … that regularly checks the reliability of garages in Germany. We find that more intense competition and high competence …This paper investigates the impact of four key economic variables on an expert firm's incentive to defraud its …

customers in a credence goods market: the level of competition, the expert firm's financial situation, its competence, and its … that regularly checks the reliability of garages in Germany. We find that more intense competition and high competence …This paper investigates the impact of four key economic variables on an expert firm's incentive to defraud its …