analyze whether signaling works in the German market for insurance intermediation services. For this a signal must increase … using OLS and logit estimations we test whether intermediary type, reputational activities and a variety of signaling … instruments work as credible signals. Our findings confirm the main hypotheses derived from signaling theory as to the poor …

Rewards for better quality, penalties for poorer quality, and the type of inspection policy are among the most common … inspection policies on the behaviour of an expected cost minimizing supplier. We assume that the supplier selects a batch size … motivates a supplier to deliver the buyer's target quality depends upon the inspection policy. We also show that, when sampling …