TY - BOOK AU - Swinnen,Johan F.M. TI - Quality standards, value chains, and international development: an economic and political theory SN - 9781107688865 (pbk.) U1 - 330.01 SWI 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York, PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Value KW - International trade KW - Economic development N1 - 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 ER -