IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/inm/ormnsc/v33y1987i10p1348-1356.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Consumer Protection Laws: Violator Detection and Enforcement Strategy

Author

Listed:
  • Priscilla A. Labarbera

    (New York University, Graduate School of Business Administration, New York, New York 10006)

  • Edward L. Melnick

    (New York University, Graduate School of Business Administration, New York, New York 10006)

Abstract

A methodology is proposed for both the assessment and enforcement of consumer protection laws and regulations. An assessment model is presented to determine the effect of a law (e.g., violation rate, characteristics and/or profile of violators) and then a cost efficient law enforcement strategy is described that is aimed at the violator population identified by the assessment model. This methodology consists of a short enforcement campaign, directed mainly against the violators, and is then followed by an inexpensive maintenance program. Data for the assessment model are collected based upon an interrupted stratified time series design where the stratification scheme is selected by satisfying a minimum variance criterion. The stratification rule may vary so that a dynamic representation of the changing characteristics of the violator population is obtained.

Suggested Citation

  • Priscilla A. Labarbera & Edward L. Melnick, 1987. "Consumer Protection Laws: Violator Detection and Enforcement Strategy," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 33(10), pages 1348-1356, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:33:y:1987:i:10:p:1348-1356
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.33.10.1348
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.33.10.1348
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1287/mnsc.33.10.1348?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:33:y:1987:i:10:p:1348-1356. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Asher (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/inforea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.