Unfairness doctrine and the economic approach to consumer protection in the practice of the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S

Anna Mokrysz-Olszynska ()
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Anna Mokrysz-Olszynska: Warsaw School of Economics

Ekonomia i Prawo, 2011, vol. 7, issue 1, 109-128

Abstract: Starting from the concept of treating the protection of consumers’ interests as a necessary element of market order, the U.S. federal law has created a pattern of protection against unfair or misleading acts or market practices, perceived from the perspective of their effects on consumers, competitive relationships, and the functioning of the market mechanism. Such a comprehensive perspective justifies the economic approach to the regulation of unfair market practices.

Keywords: market regulation; protection of consumers’; U.S. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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