Imperfect information about consumer rights: Implications for efficiency and distribution
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- Florian Baumann & Tim Friehe & Tobias Wenzel, 2023. "Imperfect Information About Consumer Rights: Implications for Efficiency and Distribution," American Law and Economics Review, American Law and Economics Association, vol. 25(1), pages 86-128.
- Baumann, Florian & Friehe, Tim & Wenzel, Tobias, 2022. "Imperfect Information About Consumer Rights: Implications for Efficiency and Distribution," VfS Annual Conference 2022 (Basel): Big Data in Economics 264049, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
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consumer policy; imperfect information; efficiency; product safety; distribution;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D18 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Protection
- K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law
- K13 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Tort Law and Product Liability; Forensic Economics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2022-02-21 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-REG-2022-02-21 (Regulation)
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