# kaal:claim:3995709-020

**Claim.** Cartelization of the code review industry causes significant overpricing, because clients will pay almost any price to obtain the stamp of approval from one of the top five audit firms.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- clients needing market acceptance for their products

**Source quote.**

> As a result of the cartelization of the industry, most code reviews are significantly overpriced. Clients pretty much pay any price to get the stamp of approval from one of the top 5 audit firms.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, *How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards* (2021), Overpricing, page 13

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, How DAOs Optimize Open-Source Code Reviews and Create Open-Source Standards (2021). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3995709

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**Topics.** economics, compliance

**Keywords.** cartel, overpricing, market-acceptance, code-audit

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