Gold plating (disambiguation)

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Gold plating is the act of depositing a thin layer of gold on the surface of other metals in the modern electronics industry

Gold plating may also refer to:

  • Gilding, various traditional methods of depositing a thin layer of gold on the surface of other materials in goldsmithing, jewellery, furniture etc.
  • Gold-plating (European Union law)
    , the practise of national bodies exceeding the terms of European Union directives when implementing them into national law
  • Gold plating (project management)
    , the act of adding unneeded enhancements to a product or service to inflate the final cost to its buyer and the associated profit realized by its producer
  • The
    Averch-Johnson effect
    , the tendency of regulated companies to engage in excessive amounts of capital accumulation in order to expand the volume of their profits, colloquially referred to as gold plating