Competition Makes Inspectors More Lenient: Evidence from the Motor Vehicle Inspection Market
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- Habte, Osmis & Holm, Håkan J., 2017. "Competition Makes Inspectors More Lenient: Evidence from the Motor Vehicle Inspection Market," Working Papers 2017:19, Lund University, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
Illegal leniency; Pass rate; Competition; Deregulation; Motor vehicle inspection market;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
- L84 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Personal, Professional, and Business Services
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