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On the use of labels in credence goods markets

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Olivier Bonroy ()
Christos Constantatos ()

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Volume (Year): 33 (2008)
Issue (Month): 3 (June)
Pages: 237-252
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Keywords: Credence goods; Incomplete information; Label; Vertical differentiation; D82; L15;

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  1. Alessandro Lizzeri, 1999. "Information Revelation and Certification Intermediaries," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 30(2), pages 214-231, Summer. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Winand Emons, 1994. "Credence Goods and Fraudulent Experts," Diskussionsschriften dp9402, Universitaet Bern, Departement Volkswirtschaft.
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  3. Crespi, John M & Marette, Stephan, 2001. " How Should Food Safety Certification Be Financed?," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 83(4), pages 852-61, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Paolo Garella & Emmanuel Petrakis, 2005. "Minimum Quality Standards and Consumers Information," Working Papers 0510, University of Crete, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Brian Roe & Ian Sheldon, 2007. "Credence Good Labeling: The Efficiency and Distributional Implications of Several Policy Approaches," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 89(4), pages 1020-1033, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  8. Marette, Stephan & Bureau, Jean-Christophe & Gozlan, Estelle, 2000. "Product Safety Provision and Consumers' Information," Australian Economic Papers, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 39(4), pages 426-41, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  11. Darby, Michael R & Karni, Edi, 1973. "Free Competition and the Optimal Amount of Fraud," Journal of Law & Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 16(1), pages 67-88, April.
  12. Murray Fulton & Konstantinos Giannakas, 2004. "Inserting GM Products into the Food Chain: The Market and Welfare Effects of Different Labeling and Regulatory Regimes," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 86(1), pages 42-60, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  14. Shaked, Avner & Sutton, John, 1983. "Natural Oligopolies," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 51(5), pages 1469-83, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Bonroy, O. & Lemarie, S., 2008. "Downstream labeling and upstream competition," Working Papers 200804, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL). [Downloadable!]
  2. Evangelos Mitrokostas & Emmanuel Petrakis, 2008. "Private CSR Activities in Oligopolistic Markets: Is there any room for Regulation?," Working Papers 0816, University of Crete, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  3. Kristin Kiesel & Sofia Villas-Boas, 2008. "Another Nutritional Label--Experimenting with Grocery Store Shelf Labels and Consumer Choice--," Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley, Working Paper Series 1060, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UC Berkeley. [Downloadable!]
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