Journal of Economic Literature 2010, 48:4, 935–963 http:www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jel.48.4.935 Quality Disclosure and Certification: Theory and Practice David Dranove and Ginger Zhe Jin* This essay reviews the theoretical and empirical literature on quality disclosure and certification. After comparing quality disclosure with other quality assurance mechanisms and describing a brief history of quality disclosure, we address two sets of theoretical issues. First, why don’t
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Taste and Nutrition The taste and nutritional value are often the most talked about aspect of any meal. Author Amanda Schmaltz in her paper, “The Architect’s Dilemma: Searching for an Architecture of Pleasure and Sustenance”, tackles both concepts .Schmaltz brings forth an analytical discussion by insightfully posing an issue with the quality of modern architecture by drawing a parallel of one partaking in a building as they would food. The view that food can be used as a means to draw reference
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MUMBAI S I L IC O N VA L L E Y B A N G A LO R E S IN G A PO R E M U M B A I- B KC NEW DELHI M U N IC H Public M&As in India: Takeover Code Dissected A detailed analysis of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 August 2013 © Copyright 2013 Nishith Desai Associates www.nishithdesai.com M&A Lab Takeover Code Dissected About NDA Nishith Desai Associates (NDA) is a research based international
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awareness of ‘the plight of children in immigration detention centres’ (XXX, 2015). Their strive for liberty to be upheld exemplifies how power is productive. It has produced a movement against the dominating actions of the government who enforce mandatory detention for asylum seeker children. The governing power of the state may limit those in detention from obtaining freedom or an education however, it has not repressed the protestors among the Australian public from
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receives sanctions or undergoes intervention for a previous crime. Recidivism is measured by criminal acts that resulted in rearrest, reconviction or return to prison with or without a new sentence during a three-year period following the prisoner's release. While incarcerated, these individuals should be provided the necessary tools and skills to help them remain out of
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profession to potentially help the economy in their ongoing fight against the national debt. With proper laws enforced in order to legalize this profession, prostitution could become a respected profession. People in general enjoy sex thoroughly. Sex releases endorphins that make people happy. Thankfully, the Constitution allows people to choose the way in how we are happy. Sex between two people is no more dangerous than a prostitute and a client. The difference between the two is there’s a payment
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attention as a social problem most recently in the United States in the late 1970s, prison overcrowding has coincided with the unprecedented growth in the nation's prison population over the past several decades. Because of the "war on drugs" and mandatory sentencing, the United States has become the world's foremost jailer. With just 5 percent of the world's population, the United States has 25 percent of its prisoners, approximately 2.4 million, a number that steadily increases by about 3 percent
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High Stakes Testing Stephanie Gelman-O'Connor COM112 February 20, 2013 Catherine Bramkamp Even though high stakes testing creates incentive in students to do well on tests, this kind of aggressive testing puts undue pressure on learning disabled or handicapped students because high stakes testing does not test for potential, only current skills, and it does not alien itself with the “No Child
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This led to a jump in both the size and presence of federal drug control agencies. It would evolve into several new legislations such as mandatory sentencing, no-knock warrants, and random frisks. There was even a point in the early days of this drug prohibition that marijuana was placed in the Schedule One category, which is the most restrictive of all drug categories. Although the United
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Console Wars”. Although the battle of video game system superiority has been going on for a while now, this year promises to be on a larger scale than the previous wars. Sony, the maker of PlayStation, and Microsoft, the maker of Xbox, are expected to release their next-generation systems in November. This report will be a comparative analysis of the soon-to-be-released Xbox One and PS4. The purpose of this report is to compare both systems on their specific features. The goal is to find out which system
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