Multiple Standards: the Case of the French Building Industry

Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline

No 2016.08, Policy Papers from FAERE - French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Abstract: The building sector is simultaneously characterized by regulation pervasiveness, by the superposition and overlapping of technical standards, and by a profusion of labels. This paper analyzes the rationale for such a multiplicity of mandatory and voluntary standards. The main consequences are the risk of confusion in the minds of buyers and the rise in prices due to the additional costs imposed by the continuous progression of requirements and the need to comply with many different standards. Both effects seriously hamper the penetration of the market by the products with the most demanding labels. The simplification of this regulatory and normative package would likely improve the economic efficiency of the sector.

Keywords: NGOs; Energy efficiency; CSR; Labels; Voluntary self-regulation; Building industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L15 L31 L74 M14 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2016-12
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