Self-regulation and the certification of the European information economy the case of e-healthcare information provision

Working paper

The trend towards Internet self-regulation is driven both by governments that feel reluctant to invest in direct regulation (because of freedom of speech concerns or high costs of monitoring and enforcement) and by the industry that is under the threat of rising public concerns over content (protection of minors, hate speech, e-business confidence). Our first model explores how firms voluntarily commit themselves to industry-wide or global codes of conduct and reporting initiatives. Then we a...

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Authors: Alexander, M; Harding, M

• Publication status: Published
• Publisher: University of Oxford Publisher's website
• Series: Department of Economics Discussion Paper Series
• Publication date: 2003-04-01
• Paper number: 154
• Keywords: imperfect competition; internet; self-regulation; certification; healthcare; credence goods