Guaranteeing quality in the EU: Who gains most?

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-298

  Hudson, Chris ^a   Hudson, John ^b  

^a Millward Brown Optimor   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food; Institutional trust; Quality; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 43349101590     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-007-9053-9     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Akerlof G.A. (1970). The market for 'lemons': Quality uncertainty and the market mechanism. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 84(3): 488-500
2. Andrews R.L. (1992). Information and heterogeneous products. Journal of Economic Psychology, 13(3): 421-448
3. Bates J.M., Granger C.W.J. (1969). The combination of forecasts. Operational Research Quarterly, 20(4): 451-468
4. Bettman J. (1979). An information processing theory of consumer choice. Reading, Addison-Wesley
5. Cooter R.D. (2000). The strategic constitution. Princeton, Princeton University Press
6. Erdem T. Keane M.P. (1996). Decision-making under uncertainty: Capturing dynamic brand choice processes in turbulent consumer goods markets. Marketing Science, 15(1): 1-20
7. European Commission (2007). Green paper on the review of the Consumer Acquis. Brussels: European Commission.
8. Feldman S. Spencer M.C. (1965). The effect of personal influence in the selection of consumer services. In: Bennett P.D. (eds). Marketing and Economic Development. Chicago, American Marketing Association.
9. Ferretti M.P. Magaudda P. (2006). The slow pace of institutional change in the Italian food system. Appetite, 47(2): 161-169
10. Gardner, P.L. (1998). The development of males' and females' interest in science and technology. In M. Lehrke, L. Hoffman, & P. L. Gardner (Eds.), Interest and learning: proceedings of Seeon conference on interest and gender. IPN: Kiel.
11. Gaskell, G., Bauer, M. W., & Durant, J. (1998). Public perceptions of biotechnology in 1996: Eurobarometer 46:1. In J. Durant, M. W. Bauer, & G. Gaskell (Eds.), Biotechnology in the Public Sphere: A European Source Book. London: Science Museum.
12. Gupta P., Ratchford B.T. (1992). Estimating the efficiency of consumer choices of new automobiles. Journal of Economic Psychology, 13(3): 375-397
13. Hamilton S.F., Sunding D.L., Zilberman D. (2003). Public goods and the value of product quality regulations: The case of food safety. Journal of Public Economics, 87(3-4): 799-817
14. Hjorth-Andersen C. (1991). Quality indicators-in theory and in fact. European Economic Review, 35(8): 1491-1505
15. van Houtte M. (2004). Why boys achieve less at school than girls: The difference between boys' and girls' academic culture. Educational Studies, 30(2): 159-173
16. Jones P., Hudson J. (1996). Standardization and the costs of assessing quality. European Journal of Political Economy, 12(2): 355-361
17. Leavitt H.J. (1954). A note on some experimental findings about the meaning of price. Journal of Business, 27(July): 205-210
18. Lecraw D.J. (1984). Some economic effects of standards. Applied Economics, 16, 507-522
19. Magnusson M.K., Hursti U-K.K. (2002). Consumer attitudes towards genetically modified foods. Appetite, 39(1): 9-24
20. Mammes I. (2004). Promoting girls' interest in technology through technology education: A research study. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 14(2): 89-100
21. Maynes E.S., Assum T. (1982). Informationally imperfect consumer markets: Empirical findings and policy implications. The Journal of Consumer Affairs, 16(1): 62-87
22. Melenhorst, A.-S., Rogers, W. A., & Caylor, E. C. (2001). The use of communication technologies by older adults: Exploring the benefits from the user's perspective. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 45th Annual Meeting. Santa Monica. CA: Human Factors and Ergonomics Society.
23. Mitchell W., Sorenson R. (1986). Pricing, price dispersion and information. Journal of Economics and Business, 38(4): 273-282
24. North D.C. (1990). Institutions, institutional change and economic performance. New York, Cambridge University Press
25. Putnam R.D. (1993). Making democracy work: Civic traditions in modern Italy. Princeton, Princeton University Press
26. Scitovsky T. (1944). Some consequences of the habit of judging quality by price. The Review of Economic Studies, 12(2): 100-105
27. Sepstrup P. (1978). Comparative product testing of color TV sets: Use and effects. Journal of Consumer Policy, 2(3): 253-261
28. Sykes A.O. (1995). Product standards for internationally integrated goods markets. Washington, Brookings Institution
29. Ugland T., Veggeland F. (2006). Experiments in food safety policy integration in the European Union. Journal of Common Market Studies, 44(3): 607-624
30. Winkler R.L. (1981). Combining probability distributions from dependent information sources. Management Science, 27(4): 479-488
31. Ziefle M., Bay S. (2005). How older adults meet complexity: Aging effects on the usability of different mobile phones. Behaviour and Information Technology, 24(5): 375-389