# kaal:claim:4734750-017

**Claim.** Centralization of the code review industry causes systematic overpricing, because clients will pay nearly any price to obtain the approval stamp of one of the top five audit firms.

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

**Source quote.**

> As a result of the centralization 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, *Code Review DAO* (2024), Overpricing, page 16

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Code Review DAO (2024). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4734750

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**Failure mode.** Stamp of approval premium  (family: valuation-and-pricing-failure)

**Topics.** decentralization, compliance

**Keywords.** overpricing, centralization, certification-premium, audit-firms

**Related claims.**

- restated_by: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4755632-024
- restates: https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3995709-020

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