Strategic Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (ECSR) Certification and Endogenous Market Structure
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Abstract This paper extends the findings of Liu, Wang, and Lee (2015. “Strategic Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility in a Differentiated Duopoly Market.” Economics Letters 129: 108–11), along two dimensions. First, we consider case endogenous market structure la Singh Vives (1984. “Price Quantity Competition Duopoly.” The RAND Journal : 546–54). Second, refine ECSR certification standards differentiated duopoly with analysis both uniform discriminating standards. We find that NGO certifier will set below optimal level. show given standards, there is possibility price quantity contracts choices by firms structure. Additionally, highlight structures emerging due to
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عنوان ژورنال: B E Journal of Theoretical Economics
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2194-6124', '1935-1704']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bejte-2022-0139