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The Dynamics of Authentication and Counterfeits in Markets
Die Dynamik von Authentifizierung und Fälschung
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Abstract Uncertainty often arises around objects concerning the relevant qualities that determine their value in different markets. The existence of conventions of quality allows to reduce this uncertainty but these conventions can be used strategically. So, other resources must be mobilized to authenticate ... view more
Uncertainty often arises around objects concerning the relevant qualities that determine their value in different markets. The existence of conventions of quality allows to reduce this uncertainty but these conventions can be used strategically. So, other resources must be mobilized to authenticate objects relying on sensed experience. In this contribution, we present first our model of expertise and we then adopt a historical perspective questioning the plurality of regimes of authenticity. This plurality depends on the conception of copying and on the dif-ferent ways of attributing authorship between law and social norms. These sources of variation have changed the resources mobilized in authentication and thus its mode of organization and legitimation. The growing importance of scientific and legal guarantees in the current exchanges of high-value goods reflects the creation of a market for authentication and raises the question of its regulation.... view less
Keywords
convention; counterfeiting; new technology; globalization; right of ownership; social norm; model construction; legal norm; market; market mechanism; legalization; regulation
Classification
National Economy
Law
Free Keywords
Conventions of quality; expertise; authentication; market; intellectual property rights
Document language
English
Publication Year
2019
Page/Pages
p. 136-159
Journal
Historical Social Research, 44 (2019) 1
Issue topic
Markets, Organizations, and Law - Perspectives of Convention Theory on Economic Practices and Structures
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed