Search Results - subject:"MINIMUM QUALITY STANDARDS"

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...

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Minimum quality standards and compulsory labeling: More than the sum of its parts

Birg, Laura; Voßwinkel, Jan S. - Center for European, Governance and Economic … - 2014

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Minimum quality standards and compulsory labeling : more than the sum of its parts

Birg, Laura; Vosswinkel, Jan S. - 2014

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Misleading Advertising and Minimum Quality Standards

Hattori, Keisuke; Higashida, Keisaku - School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University - 2011

minimum quality standards and certication criteria, when products are vertically dierentiated in their health/safety aspects …

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Minimum quality standards and novelty requirements in a one-short development race

Prokop, Jacek; Regibeau, Pierre; Rockett, Katharine - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 4 (2010) 2010-15, pp. 1-49

the entry patterns we observe. Minimum quality standards and novelty requirements can play a role in correcting these … suboptimal patterns of entry. While minimum quality standards increase welfare for a large range of research abilities, we find … flat, targeted policies towards specific industries as are often observed in minimum quality standards are generally …

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Quality standards for passenger trains: Political majorities and environmental costs

Rothbauer, Julia; Sieg, Gernot - 2010

This study analyzes the minimum quality standard set by the European Union (EU) through Regulation 1371/2007 of Rail Passengers' Rights and Obligations. A welfare maximizing quality standard raises quality and consumer satisfaction, but does not improve the modal split of rail transport. A...

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Entry and Quality Choices in Child Care Markets

Bastos, Paulo; Cristia, Julian - 2010

Many developing countries have adopted the market approach for expanding the supply of child care, but little is known about the economic behavior of independent providers. This paper draws on uniquely rich administrative data on child care centers and their inputs from São Paulo to examine the...

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Minimum Quality Standards and International Trade

Baltzer, Kenneth - 2010

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Quality standards for passenger trains: Political majorities and environmental costs

Rothbauer, Julia; Sieg, Gernot - Department Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2010

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Minimum Quality Standards and International Trade

Baltzer, Kenneth - Institut for Fødevare- og Ressourceøkonomi, … - 2010

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