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Verbraucherschutz als Staatsaufgabe

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This articles reviews the arguments for consumer protection policies by the government by referring to the Nobel prices on asymmetric information problems. It discusses criteria for assessing the empirical importance of lemons goods and comments on the relative merits of quality constraints and the provision of information. Particular emphasis is placed on the question of whether consumer protection policies could survive unbridled systems competition among the EU countries, and a negative answer is provided. To counteract such an outcome, a national policy of monitoring, assessing and publishing product qualities is recommended.

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  • Hans‐Werner Sinn, 2003. "Verbraucherschutz als Staatsaufgabe," Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, Verein für Socialpolitik, vol. 4(2), pages 281-294, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:perwir:v:4:y:2003:i:2:p:281-294
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-2516.t01-2-00009
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    1. Norbert Hirschauer & Oliver Mußhoff, 2012. "Smarte Regulierung in der Ernährungswirtschaft durch Name-and-Shame," Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly Journal of Economic Research, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 81(4), pages 163-182.
    2. Lucidi, Stefano & Sörries, Bernd & Thiele, Sonja, 2018. "Wirksamkeit sektorspezifischer Verbraucherschutzregelungen in Deutschland," WIK Discussion Papers 424, WIK Wissenschaftliches Institut für Infrastruktur und Kommunikationsdienste GmbH.
    3. Karsten Mause, 2010. "Considering Market-Based Instruments for Consumer Protection in Higher Education," Journal of Consumer Policy, Springer, vol. 33(1), pages 29-53, March.
    4. Wolfgang Kerber, 2014. "Soft Paternalismus und Verbraucherpolitik," MAGKS Papers on Economics 201449, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
    5. Franziska Rischkowsky & Thomas Döring, 2008. "Consumer Policy in a Market Economy Considerations from the Perspective of the Economics of Information, the New Institutional Economics as well as Behavioural Economics," Journal of Consumer Policy, Springer, vol. 31(3), pages 285-313, September.

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