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dc.contributor.author | Stahl, Konrad | en |
dc.contributor.author | Strausz, Roland | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-18 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-30T12:54:57Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-30T12:54:57Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/48873 | - |
dc.description.abstract | 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, seller-induced certification as a signalling device. Seller-induced certification maximizes the certifier's profit and social welfare. This suggests the general principle that certification is, and should be induced by the better informed party. The results are reflected in a case study from the automotive industry, but apply also to other markets - in particular the financial market. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheim | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aZEW Discussion Papers |x11-054 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D40 | en |
dc.subject.jel | D82 | en |
dc.subject.jel | L14 | en |
dc.subject.jel | L15 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | Asymmetric information | en |
dc.subject.keyword | certification | en |
dc.subject.keyword | information acquisition | en |
dc.subject.keyword | inspection | en |
dc.subject.keyword | lemons | en |
dc.subject.keyword | middlemen | en |
dc.subject.keyword | signaling | en |
dc.subject.stw | Normung | en |
dc.subject.stw | Produktqualität | en |
dc.subject.stw | Asymmetrische Information | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kunden | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kosten | en |
dc.subject.stw | Signalling | en |
dc.subject.stw | Kraftfahrzeugindustrie | en |
dc.title | Who should pay for certification? | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 66634552X | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
dc.identifier.repec | RePEc:zbw:zewdip:11054 | en |
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