Book notesZeitschrift für Verbraucherpolitik - Tập 6 - Trang 374-379 - 1983
Understanding National Preferences in EU Consumer Policy: A Regime ApproachZeitschrift für Verbraucherpolitik - - 2020
M. H. Austgulen
EU consumer policy is a policy area that is receiving increased attention and is
considered important for the proper functioning of the internal market. Yet, as
with many other supranational policy areas, conflicting positions of the Member
States have led to many compromises and rejections of EU-initiated proposals. By
building on regime theory and previous research identifying consumer policy
re... hiện toàn bộ
A general duty to supply only safe goods in the community: Some remarks from a British perspectiveZeitschrift für Verbraucherpolitik - Tập 13 - Trang 79-89 - 1990
Stephen Weatherill
On 20 April 1989, the Commission issued COM (89) 162, which is a proposal for a
Directive designed to establish a Community legal framework to guarantee product
safety. Such a regime would have the dual aim of securing free trade while also
maintaining effective consumer protection. This paper demonstrates the vital
role which would be played by standards in such a framework and explains how
Commu... hiện toàn bộ
New developments in government consumer policy: A challenge for consumer organizationsZeitschrift für Verbraucherpolitik - Tập 9 - Trang 269-286 - 1986
Joop Koopman
In this paper, it is pleaded that consumer organizations ought to play a larger
role in the development and execution of consumer policy at the national and
international levels. The present environment in which government consumer
policy operates is entirely different from that of one or two decades ago, and
this necessitates the search for new avenues to pursue the consumer policy
objective. Alt... hiện toàn bộ
Praktische Erfahrungen mit dem AGB-GesetzZeitschrift für Verbraucherpolitik - Tập 4 - Trang 142-149 - 1980
Walter Stillner
Der Verfasser berichtet über die Erfahrungen der Verbraucherzentrale
Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, mit der Verbandsklage nach § 13 des Gesetzes zur
Regelung des Rechts der Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen bis einschließlich
1979. Er erörtert die Parallelen und Unterschiede zum UWG-Verfahren und gelangt
zu dem Ergebnis, daß die Angleichung des Verfahrens nach dem AGB-Gesetz an den
UWG-Prozeß vom Ge... hiện toàn bộ
Book NotesZeitschrift für Verbraucherpolitik - Tập 27 - Trang 361-366 - 2004
The effects of comparative product testing on industry and trade: Findings of a research projectZeitschrift für Verbraucherpolitik - Tập 7 - Trang 423-437 - 1984
Hans Raffée, Wolfgang Fritz
According to findings presented in this paper, comparative product tests
substantially influence the market behaviour of industrial and trade businesses
in the Federal Republic of Germany. Moreover, they most likely have an impact on
market structures and market performance as well. This points to the enormous
potential of product testing as an instrument of consumer and anti-trust
policies. There... hiện toàn bộ
Let the Borrower Beware: Towards a Framework for Debiasing Rollover Behavior in the Payday Loan IndustryZeitschrift für Verbraucherpolitik - Tập 42 - Trang 245-266 - 2019
T. R. Harmon-Kizer
Each year, millions of Americans take out payday loans, marketed as short-term
bridge loans until their next payday. Characterized by triple-digit annual
percentage rates (APRs) and mandatory balloon payments, many consumers default
of their loans, forcing them to repeatedly extend, or rollover their initial
loan. This process is repeated until the borrower is able to repay the principal
and accum... hiện toàn bộ