Quality standards, value chains, and international development : an economic and political theory / Jo Swinnen, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, Thijs Vandemoortele, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, Koen Deconinck, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, Anneleen Vandeplas, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction; 2. Modelling standards; 3. Efficiency and equity effects of standards; 4. The political economy of standards and development; 5. International trade and standards; 6. Risks, externalities and the nature of standards; 7. Endogenous private and public standards in value chains; 8. Butterflies and political economy dynamics in standard setting; 9. The political economy of standards and inclusion in value chains; 10. Standards, production structure and inclusion in value chains; 11. Standards, market imperfections and vertical coordination in value chains; 12. Market power and vertical coordination in value chains; 13. Price transmission in value chains; 14. Commodity characteristics and value chain governance; 15. Economic liberalisation, value chains and development; 16. Standards and value chains with contracting costs: towards a general model; 17. General equilibrium effects of standards in value chains.