Standardization and Compliance Costs: Relevant Developments at EU Level

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 20, Issue , 2009, Pages 141-155

  Den Butter, Frank A G ^a   Hudson, John ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Administrative Cost; Asymmetric Information; Government Regulation; Market Failure; Transaction Cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 85146134079     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77678-1_10     Document Type: Chapter

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