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Can Quality Certification Lead to Stable Cartels?

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  • Stéphan Marette
  • John Crespi

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Article provided by Springer in its journal Review of Industrial Organization.

Volume (Year): 23 (2003)
Issue (Month): 1 (August)
Pages: 43-64

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Handle: RePEc:kap:revind:v:23:y:2003:i:1:p:43-64

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Keywords: antitrust; asymmetric information; cartel-formation process; signal;

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  1. Langinier, Corinne & Babcock, Bruce A., 2006. "Agricultural Production Clubs: Viability and Welfare Implications," Staff General Research Papers 12670, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
  2. Marcoul, Philippe & Lawrence, John D. & Hueth, Brent, 2006. "Grader Bias In Cattle Markets? Evidence From Iowa," 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA 21123, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  3. Yue, Chengyan & Marette, Stephan & Beghin, John C., 2006. "How to Promote Quality Perception in Wine Markets: Brand Advertising or Geographic Indication?," 2006 Annual meeting, July 23-26, Long Beach, CA 21310, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  4. Marette, Stephan, 2009. "Can Foreign Producers Benefit from Geographical Indications under the New European Regulation?," Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy, Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade, vol. 10(1).
  5. Pierre R. Mérel, 2008. "On the Deadweight Cost of Production Requirements for Geographically Differentiated Agricultural Products," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 91(3), pages 642-655.
  6. Bontemps, Christophe & Bouamra-Mechemache, Zohra & Simioni, Michel, 2012. "Quality Labels and Firm Survival in the French Cheese Industry," TSE Working Papers 12-335, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE).
  7. Bontemps, Christophe & Bouamra-Mechemache, Zohra & Simioni, Michel, 2011. "Quality Labels and Firm Survival in the Food Industry," 2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland 114263, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
  8. Pierre Fleckinger, 2007. "Collective Reputation and Market Structure: Regulating the Quality vs Quantity Trade-of," Working Papers hal-00243080, HAL.
  9. Langinier, Corinne & Babcock, Bruce A., 2005. "Producer's choice of certification," 2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI 19510, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
  10. Stéphan Marette & Jutta Roosen & Sandrine Blanchemanche, 2011. "The Combination of Lab and Field Experiments for Benefit-Cost Analysis," Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, De Gruyter, vol. 2(3), pages 2.
  11. Bouamra-Mechemache, Zohra & Yu, Jianyu, 2011. "Quality Choice, Competition and Vertical Relationship in a Market of Protected Designation of Origin," 2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland 114264, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
  12. Desquilbet, Marion & Monier-Dilhan, Sylvette, 2011. "Are geographical indications a worthy quality label? A framework with endogenous quality choice," TSE Working Papers 11-263, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), revised Jun 2012.
  13. Anne-Célia Disdier & Stéphan Marette, 2012. "Taxes, minimum-quality standards and/or product labeling to improve environmental quality and welfare: Experiments can provide answers," Journal of Regulatory Economics, Springer, vol. 41(3), pages 337-357, June.
  14. Noguera, Jose & Pecchecnino, Rowena A., 2007. "OPEC and the international oil market: Can a cartel fuel the engine of economic development?," International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier, vol. 25(1), pages 187-199, February.
  15. Stephan Marette & Roxanne Clemens & Bruce Babcock, 2008. "Recent international and regulatory decisions about geographical indications," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 24(4), pages 453-472.
  16. Jose Noguera & Rowena A. Pecchenino, 2005. "Can a Cartel Fuel the Engine of Economic Development? OPEC and the macroeconomics of oil," CERGE-EI Working Papers wp280, The Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economic Institute, Prague.

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