Search Results - subject_exact:"Product quality"

Impacts of regional designations on prices

Delmond, Anthony R.; McCluskey, Jill J. - 2025

This paper examines the economic returns to regional designations present in agricultural markets. Geographical indications (GIs) define region-based collections of producers sharing terroir. Exploiting this geography-quality nexus, firms employ GIs to signal product quality to consumers. We...

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Product testing in markets for experience goods

Spitzer, Florian; Huck, Steffen; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2026

In markets for experience goods where sellers cannot build reputations, buyers may refrain from purchasing, leading to low efficiency. A product testing institution can mitigate this problem by offering buyers a noisy but informative signal about product quality for a fee before they decide...

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Heterogeneity in tastes, productivities, and macroeconomic volatility

Hamano, Masashige - 2025 - This version: April 10, 2025

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Product variety and quality in trade dynamics

Hamano, Masashige - 2025

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Shaming, stringency, and shirking : evidence from food-safety inspections

Bovay, John - 2025

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Anchored in sole ingredient concentration : numerical values and consumer perceptions of healthfulness and quality

Sharifi, Seyed Shahin - 2025

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Disclosure to competitors in light of endogenous firm investments

Arya, Anil; Frimor, Hans; Mittendorf, Brian; Pfeiffer, … - 2025

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Federated learning and information sharing between competitors with different training effectiveness

Meng, Jiajun; Chen, Jing; Zhao, Dongfang - 2025

Federated Learning (FL) is an innovative technique that allows multiple firms to collaborate in training machine learning models while preserving data privacy. This is especially important in industries where data is sensitive or subject to regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation...

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Corporate social responsibility's influence on brand image in the automotive sector : the corporate reputation and product quality role

Brahmi, Mohsen; Hussain, Zahid; Majeed, Muhammad Ussama; … - 2025

This study investigates the impact of perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) on brand image within the automotive industry. It also examines how company reputation (CR) and product quality (PQ) mediate the relationship between CSR and brand image (BI). Utilizing a sample of 243 clients...

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Agglomeration economies, mechanization, and changes in product quality : an inquiry into the post-war development of the sake brewery clusters in Japan, 1980-2020

Aikawa, Yuya; Hamaguchi, Nobuaki; Hashino, Tomoko; … - 2025

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Test me if you can : providing optimal information for consumers through a novel certification mechanism

Vollstädt, Ulrike; Imcke, Patrick; Brendel, Franziska; … - 2025

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The effect of product-, organisational-, individual-, and environmental-level factors on brand loyalty in the SME sector : a systematic literature review

Boodai, Othman Ayman; Boodai, Sara Ayman - 2025

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Storm in a teacup : empire products, blended teas, and origin marking debates in 1920s Britain

Higgins, David M.; Velkar, Aashish - 2025

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An entrepreneurial business of the Beary-x AMR robots : antecedents of factors affecting customer purchase intention

Anon Mosuwan; Sirion Chaipoopirutana - 2025

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Optimizing operation processes and supply chain management for enhanced service and product quality in quick service restaurants

Rodriguez, Joel Mark P.; Reambonanza, Hanna V.; … - 2025

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Analysis and assessment of potential risks in the production of enriched sugar

Samilyk, Maryna; Korniienko, Daria - 2024

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Can merchants benefit from entry by (Amazon-like) platform if multiagent prices signal quality?

Qiu, Ye; Rao, Ram C. - 2024

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GlobalGAP compliance costs in Ghana's small-scale pineapple farming sector

Annor, Prince B.; Kaitibie, Simeon; Lyne, Mike C. - 2024

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The impact of pricing on consumer buying behavior in the UAE

Alnahhal, Mohammed; Aldhuhoori, Easa; Al-Omari, … - 2024

This study examines the effect of pricing practices and other factors on consumers’ buying behavior in the UAE in the post-Covid-19 era. The focus is on buying from hypermarkets. Other factors such as product quality, the possibility of paying with cards, convenient hypermarket layout, near...

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The crucial role of e-logistic service quality to integrated theories to predict continuance intention on fresh produce e-commerce

Monoarfa, Terrylina A.; Ujang Sumarwan; Suroso, Arif Imam; … - 2024

This research aims to comprehensively understand the determinants influencing customers' adoption of fresh produce e-commerce services by integrating the expectation-confirmation theory of the technology acceptance model (EC-TAM), the product evaluation model, and e-logistics service quality...

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Unraveling the influence of product advertising on consumer buying interest : exploring product knowledge, product quality, and mediation effects

Setyadi, Bakti; Helmi, Sulaiman; Adi Santoso - 2024

Advertising has a crucial role in increasing visibility, building consumer image and trust in the brand or product offered. This research aims to investigate the effect of product advertising on purchasing interest mediated by product knowledge among Small and Medium Enterprises (UKM) owners in...

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Research on the development of the meat processing industry as a component of Ukraine's food security

Bochko, Оlena; Kosar, Nataliia; Kuzo, Nataliia - 2024

The meat processing industry is strategically important for ensuring Ukraine's food security, as its products are essential in every person's diet, contributing to proper health. Therefore, it is important to examine its current state both through statistical data and by gathering and analyzing...

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A supply chain system involving the interaction of guarantee finance with product quality and after-sales service

Zhang, Shuhua; Shu, Jianwen; Wang, Xinyu; Zhang, Zhipeng - 2024

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Small and medium enterprises' brand personality and customer satisfaction : the mediating role of product quality

Mutsikiwa, Munyaradzi; Eniola, Anthony Abiodun - 2024

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Quality adjustment, hedonic regressions and the extension problem

Diewert, Walter E.; Shimizu, Chihiro - 2026

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Network connectivity and R&D competition in a hotelling model : market coverage, consumer expectations, and asymmetric firms

Toshimitsu, Tsuyoshi - 2026

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An optimized dependent sampling scheme for mixed quality criteria in feed manufacturing industry

Anityasari, Maria; Indrawijaya, Rivaldo; Kurniati, Nani; … - 2026

Purpose: This research proposed dependent sampling plan incorporating mixed acceptance criteria for entrance quality control of corn kernels, a primary material in the feed manufacturing industry. Mathematical models are involved to determine the alternative samplin plan based on allowable risk...

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How can new quality productive forces reshape the industrial landscape? : the dual enabling effects of factor endowments and synergies

Wu, Qingling; He, Mingtao; Li, Yiliang; Zou, Bishan - 2026

China's economy has shifted from high-speed development to high-quality development as the marginal benefits of the traditional growth model decline. This study explores how new quality productive forces (NQPFs) drive industrial structure upgrading via factor endowment upgrading and factor...

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Quality disclosures and disappointment : evidence from the academy nominations

Rossi, Michelangelo; Schleef, Felix - 2026 - Original version: December 2024, this version: Januar 2026

This study examines the unintended consequences of quality disclosures, focusing on how Academy Award nominations impact consumer satisfaction in the movie industry. Awards and certifications typically signal high quality and increase consumer expectations. Yet, if the experience falls short of...

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Quality disclosures and disappointment : evidence from the academy nominations

Rossi, Michelangelo; Schleef, Felix - 2024

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Self-preferencing, quality competition, and welfare in mobile application markets

Teng, Xuan - 2026 - Original version: October 2022, this version: January 2026

This paper studies self-preferencing in search results and how it affects quality competition in the U.S. Apple App Store. Leveraging a search algorithm change, I find that rankings significantly affect app demand and developers’ quality provision. To examine the welfare effects of...

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Return policy selection and blockchain technology adoption decision in a supply chain with quality information disclosure

Li, Haijiao; Yao, Ye; Zhang, Guoqing - 2026

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Pass-through, quality adjustment, and imperfect competition

Adachi, Takanori; Doi, Naoshi - 2026

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Designing vertical differentiation with information

Carnehl, Christoph; Sobolev, Anton; Stahl, Konrad; … - 2026 - Original version: October 2024, this version: February 2026

We study information design in a vertically differentiated market. A third party publicly discloses information about the product qualities of two competing firms. More precise information improves consumer matching but increases perceived differentiation, enabling firms to raise prices....

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Designing vertical differentiation with information

Carnehl, Christoph; Sobolev, Anton; Stahl, Konrad; … - 2025

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Designing vertical differentiation with information

Carnehl, Christoph; Sobolev, Anton; Stahl, Konrad; … - 2025

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Quality Upgrading in Global Supply Chains : Evidence from Colombian Coffee

Macchiavello, Rocco; Miquel-Florensa, Josepa; Roux, … - 2026

Do the returns to quality upgrading pass through supply chains to primary producers? We explore this question in the context of Colombia's coffee sector, in which market outcomes depend on interactions between farmers, exporters (which operate mills), and international buyers, and contracts are...

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Quality upgrading in global supply chains: evidence from Colombian coffee

Macchiavello, Rocco; Miquel-Florensa, Josepa; Roux, … - 2026

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Quality upgrading in global supply chains : evidence from Colombian coffee

Macchiavello, Rocco; Miquel-Florensa, Josepa; Roux, … - 2025

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Quality upgrading in global supply chains : evidence from colombian coffee

Macchiavello, Rocco; Miquel-Florensa, Josepa; Roux, … - 2025

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Incentive strategies and dynamic game analysis for supply chain quality governance from the perspective of agricultural product liability

Zhong, Jianlan; Liu, Hong - 2026

Background: From the perspective of product liability, this study explores how agricultural product e-commerce enterprises can enhance the quality of the agricultural product supply chain through quality incentive strategies. Methods: Based on a tripartite evolutionary game model, the strategic...

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HICP: is there a measurement bias from quality adjustment in Austria and Italy?

Conflitti, Cristina; Goldhammer, Bernhard; Maier, Michaela - 2026

Improper quality adjustment has long been identified as a source of potential measurement bias in consumer price indices (CPIs). However, as no benchmark for quality adjustment exists, it has always been difficult to estimate a potential bias. For this paper, we develop a corridor in which...

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The hidden cost of minimum energy efficiency standards

Houde, Sébastien; Wekhof, Tobias - 2026

Minimum standard regulations for energy-using durables have long been suspected of having hidden costs: quality improvements in the regulated dimension reduce quality in other dimensions. We substantiate this claim for the U.S. clothes washer market, which has become a notorious example of the...

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Selling on recommender platforms : demand boost versus customer migration

Karle, Heiko; Preuß, Marcel; Reisinger, Markus - 2026

Platforms that provide product recommendations to consumers, such as marketplaces like Amazon or online travel agencies like Expedia, govern a substantial part of transactions in many markets. In addition to selling via platforms, most firms, however, also operate a direct channel. This paper...

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Selling on recommender platforms : demand boost versus customer migration

Karle, Heiko; Preuß, Marcel; Reisinger, Markus - 2026

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Ghana : Improving Sanitary and Phytosanitary Practice and Product Quality in the Cashew Nut Sector

2026

This report is an assessment of the Ghanaian cashew sector’s performance in relation to SPS practices. It does this in the context of the sector’s position in the world cashew market by comparative analysis, assessment of best practice and consideration of market trends. This is timely since...

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Quality unobserved : can information provision unlock demand-side incentives for upgrading in low-income countries?

Cajal-Grossi, Julia; Vandewalle, Lore; Woodruff, Christopher - 2026

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Quality unobserved: can information provision unlock demand-side incentives for upgrading in low-income countries?

Cajal-Grossi, Julia; Vandewalle, Lore; Woodruff, Christopher - 2026

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Export quality of functional materials in Japan : 2000-2023

Matsubayashi, Yōichi; Luong, Dung Anh - 2026

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Monopoly and endogenous single highest quality

Gayer, Amit - 2026

This paper analyzes a monopolistic market with a continuum of consumers in the linear case. Consumers are vertically differentiated by a one-dimensional preference for quality, and the monopolist is allowed to offer a menu of quality-price pairs. The analysis shows that, in the linear case, the...

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Productivity and quality of multi-product firms

Caselli, Mauro; Chatterjee, Arpita; Li, Shengyu - 2026

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Productivity and Quality of Multi-product Firms

Caselli, Mauro; Chatterjee, Arpita; Li, Shengyu - 2023

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Why is manufacturing productivity growth so low?

Atalay, Enghin; Hortaçsu, Ali; Kimmel, Nicole; … - 2026

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Opaque selling with endogenous product characteristics

Hoover, Darren - 2026

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The impact of decoupling the timing of production and consumption of renewable-electricity certificates on certificate prices

Hulshof, Daan; Vullings, Daniël - 2026

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Drivers of green trust and green citizenship behavior in promoting biofuel adoption : evidence from E10 bio-gasoline in Vietnam

Trinh, Hoang Son; Vu, Truc Phuc; Ho, Ngoc Minh - 2026

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Trade, skills and productivity

Mion, Giordano; Silva, Joana - 2026 - This draft: May 13, 2026

We examine how firms adjust production and technology in response to exogenous trade shocks. We develop a model that distinguishes revenue TFP from quantity TFP and embeds skill upgrading in technology choices. Firms respond to trade shocks by adjusting their quantity-quality trade-off and skill...

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Trade, skills and productivity

Mion, Giordano; Silva, Joana - 2024

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Trade, skills and productivity

Mion, Giordano; Silva, Joana - 2024

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Artificial intelligence and new quality productive forces : evidence from Vietnam’s banking sector

Anh Phuong Hoang; Vinh Thi Vu - 2026

This study examines how artificial intelligence (AI) contributes to the formation of new quality productive forces (NQPF) at the employee level. While prior research has largely treated AI as an external technological driver, this study investigates whether AI becomes embedded within employees'...

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Export duration and export product quality of firms: Evidence from China

Yue, Wen - 2023

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Export duration and export product quality of firms : evidence from China

Yue, Wen - 2023

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