Certifying More Than Quality: An Econometric Analysis of Incentives in Chile’s Accreditation Process

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dc.contributor.advisorFleitas Perla, Sebastian Excequiel
dc.contributor.advisorArtiles Gonzalez, Miriam
dc.contributor.authorOsorio Fontalva, Tomas Andres
dc.contributor.otherPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Economía
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-11T14:11:16Z
dc.date.available2025-08-11T14:11:16Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.date.updated2025-08-08T22:09:29Z
dc.descriptionTesis (Magíster en Economía)--Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2025
dc.description.abstractCredible third-party certification plays a pivotal role in markets plagued by information asymmetries. However, its design faces a fundamental dilemma: while the certifier must signal quality truthfully, it may also be exposed to incentives—political, commercial, or relational—that bias its judgments. Economic theory predicts that, in the absence of strong governance and transparency, certification may shift from protecting consumers to serving the interests of certifiers or powerful stakeholders. This thesis contributes to that literature by exploiting a natural experiment: Chile’s 2018 reform, which expanded government oversight over the Comisión Nacional de Acreditación (CNA). Using a public 2014--2024 panel of programs, municipal electoral data, and commissioner biographies, I test whether the probability of a program being accredited is associated with political alignment or prior ties between commissioners and institutions. The results show no partisan bias but reveal a modest network effect, suggesting that while Chile’s accreditation regime is largely resilient to capture, relational influence still plays a role at the margin.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2025-08-08
dc.format.extent46 páginas
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dc.identifier.doi10.7764/tesisUC/ECO/105144
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.7764/tesisUC/ECO/105144
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/105144
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Economía; Fleitas Perla, Sebastian Excequiel; 0000-0003-3950-0371; 1324765
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Economía; Artiles Gonzalez, Miriam; 0000-0002-2449-1145; 1213669
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Economía y Administración; Osorio Fontalva, Tomas Andres; S/I; 1087655
dc.language.isoen
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dc.rights.licenseAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject.ddc330
dc.subject.deweyEconomíaes_ES
dc.subject.ods16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.subject.odspa16 Paz, justicia e instituciones sólidas
dc.titleCertifying More Than Quality: An Econometric Analysis of Incentives in Chile’s Accreditation Process
dc.typetesis de maestría
sipa.codpersvinculados1324765
sipa.codpersvinculados1213669
sipa.codpersvinculados1087655
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