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An Empirical Examination of Quality Certification in a “Lemons Market”
Author(s) -
Wimmer Bradley S.,
Chezum Brian
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1093/ei/cbg007
Subject(s) - certification , adverse selection , quality (philosophy) , economics , set (abstract data type) , selection (genetic algorithm) , business , accounting , marketing , microeconomics , computer science , management , artificial intelligence , programming language , philosophy , epistemology
This article examines the effect third‐party certification has on a market characterized by adverse selection. Using an original data set from the market for young thoroughbreds, we show that certification alleviates problems of adverse selection by examining the effect certification has on breeder decisions to retain or sell horses and the effect these decisions have on observed prices. Data on the racetrack performance of the horses confirm the results.