Measuring the Intensity of Quality Competition in Industries

High-wage countries can compete with low-wage competitors only by increasing productivity or by upgrading quality. Usually upgrading of quality is regarded as difficult to measure. The current study proposes different indicators to measure quality and applies these indicators to assess the position...

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Link(s) zu Dokument(en):WIFO Publikation
Veröffentlicht in:Austrian Economic Quarterly
1. Verfasser: Karl Aiginger
Format: article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2001
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Zusammenfassung:High-wage countries can compete with low-wage competitors only by increasing productivity or by upgrading quality. Usually upgrading of quality is regarded as difficult to measure. The current study proposes different indicators to measure quality and applies these indicators to assess the position of European countries, the USA and Japan in quality competition.