Journal of Consumer Policy

2004 - 2025

Current editor(s): Hans Micklitz, John Thøgersen, Lucia A. Reisch, Alan Mathios and Christian Twigg-Flesner

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Volume 46, issue 4, 2023

Editorial: Digital Vulnerability pp. 413-417

T. Dodsworth, C. Riefa, S. Saintier and C. Twigg-Flesner

Consumer Vulnerability, Digital Fairness, and the European Rules on Unfair Contract Terms: What Can Be Learnt from the Case Law Against TikTok and Meta? pp. 419-443

M. Durovic and J. Poon

Real Property Transactions in the Network Society: Platform Real Estate, Housing Hactivism, and the Re-scaling of Public and Private Power pp. 445-463

M. L. Roark and L. Fox O’Mahony

Vulnerability and Essential Services pp. 465-482

C. Graham

Volume 46, issue 3, 2023

Do Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth? How EU Law Underenforcement Allows TikTok’s Violations of Minors’ Rights pp. 281-305

M. Cantero Gamito

ABC of Online Consumer Disclosure Duties: Improving Transparency and Legal Certainty in Europe pp. 307-333

J. Luzak, A. J. Wulf, O. Seizov, M. B. M. Loos and M. Junuzović

Exploring Consumer Detriment in Immersive Gaming Technologies pp. 335-361

R. Hyde and P. Cartwright

Great Unclear Expectations: A Study on the Defectiveness of Autonomous Systems pp. 363-386

C. Polat

AI, Behavioural Science, and Consumer Welfare pp. 387-400

S. Mills, S. Costa and C. R. Sunstein

Book Notes Law, Economics, and Social Sciences 1/2023 pp. 401-409

F. Döbbe, H.-W. Micklitz and L. A. Reisch

Correction to: The Potential Impact of E‑cigarettes on the Life‑Years Lost from Conventional Smoking in the Russian Federation pp. 411-411

G. Mzhavanadze and D. Yanin

Volume 46, issue 2, 2023

Consumer Experience of Mistreatment and Fraud in Financial Services: Implications from an Integrative Consumer Vulnerability Framework pp. 109-135

H. Lim and J. C. Letkiewicz

Reducing the Individual Carbon Impact of Video Streaming: A Seven-Week Intervention Using Information, Goal Setting, and Feedback pp. 137-153

B. T. Seger, J. Burkhardt, F. Straub, S. Scherz and G. Nieding

Detecting Greenwashing! The Influence of Product Colour and Product Price on Consumers’ Detection Accuracy of Faked Bio-fashion pp. 155-189

L. Ende, M.-A. Reinhard and L. Göritz

Consumer Protection and Trade Governance: A Critical Partnership? pp. 191-221

N. V. Ezechukwu

“I should” Does Not Mean “I can.” Introducing Efficacy, Normative, and General Compensatory Green Beliefs pp. 223-251

M. Penker and S. Seebauer

The Potential Impact of E-cigarettes on the Life-Years Lost from Conventional Smoking in the Russian Federation pp. 253-274

G. Mzhavanadze and D. Yanin

Michael-Burkard Piorkowsky (2023): Hybride Ökonomische Akteure und Organisationen. Anomalien, Normalität oder Artefakte – Eine Annäherung. (transl., Hybrid Economic Actors and Organizations. Anomalies, Normality, or Artefacts – An Approach). Springer Gabler, 241 pages, 39.99 EUR pp. 275-280

L. A. Reisch

Volume 46, issue 1, 2023

No Consumer Is an Island—Relational Disclosure as a Regulatory Strategy to Advance Consumer Protection Against Microtargeting pp. 1-25

A. Davola, I. Querci and S. Romani

Who Can You Trust? Assessing Vulnerability to Digital Imposter Scams pp. 27-51

C. A. Robb and S. Wendel

The Right to Water and Sustainable Consumption in EU Law pp. 53-77

I. Benöhr

Sales of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and Cigarette Sales in the USA: A Trend Break Analysis pp. 79-93

A. Selya, R. Wissmann, S. Shiffman, S. Chandra, M. Sembower, J. Joselow and S. Kim

The Ring Video Doorbell and the Entry of Amazon into the Smart Home: Implications for Consumer-Initiated Surveillance pp. 95-104

K. A. Kelly

Correction to: The Importance of Consumer Authorities for the Production and Maintenance of Trust and Social Capital in Consumer Markets pp. 105-107

L. Berg

Volume 45, issue 4, 2022

An Analysis of Finnish Debtors Who Defaulted in 2014–2016 Because of Unsecured Credit Products pp. 595-617

K. Majamaa and A.-R. Lehtinen

Consumption Corridors and the Case of Meat pp. 619-653

M. Kanerva

Ability, Educational Attainment, and Household Financial Distress pp. 655-672

N. Luotonen, V. Puttonen and E. Rantapuska

Financialization and Sustainable Credit: Lessons from Non-Intermediated Transactions? pp. 673-698

Y. Svetiev, Elise Dermineur and U. Kolanisi

Book Notes “Economics and Social Sciences” 2/2022 pp. 699-704

Lucia A. Reisch and Friederike Döbbe

Volume 45, issue 3, 2022

The Unreliability of Online Review Mechanisms pp. 349-368

M. Narciso

Long-term Energy Cost Labelling for Appliances: Evidence from a Randomised Controlled Trial in Ireland pp. 369-409

E. Denny

Regulating Borrower Hardship in Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong: Payment Holidays During COVID-19 and Beyond pp. 411-433

Emma Leong

Amending China’s Notion of a “Consumer”: Lessons from Comparative Analysis of the PRC Consumer Protection Law pp. 435-456

K. Thomas

Fighting Food Waste by Law: Making Sense of the Chinese Approach pp. 457-479

Y. Feng, C. Marek and J. Tosun

AI in Search of Unfairness in Consumer Contracts: The Terms of Service Landscape pp. 481-536

F. Lagioia, A. Jabłonowska, R. Liepina and K. Drazewski

The Importance of Consumer Authorities for the Production and Maintenance of Trust and Social Capital in Consumer Markets pp. 537-559

L. Berg

Rocking the Boat: Loot Boxes in Online Digital Games, the Regulatory Challenge, and the EU’s Unfair Commercial Practices Directive pp. 561-592

D. Leahy

Correction to: Reading a Duty to Provide Accessible Pre‑Contractual Information for Consumers with Disabilities into EU Consumer Protection Law pp. 593-593

L. Waddington

Volume 45, issue 2, 2022

In Pursuit of Happiness: Disentangling Sustainable Consumption, Consumer Alienation, and Social Desirability pp. 149-173

E. Chéron, L. Sudbury-Riley and Florian Kohlbacher

Choice Architectures in the Digital Economy: Towards a New Understanding of Digital Vulnerability pp. 175-200

N. Helberger, M. Sax, J. Strycharz and H.-W. Micklitz

Economics of Consumer Protection: Contributions and Challenges in Estimating Consumer Injury and Evaluating Consumer Protection Policy pp. 201-238

J. K. Pappalardo

The Impact of Tax Refund Delays on the Experience of Hardship Among Lower-Income Households pp. 239-280

O. Kondratjeva, S. P. Roll, M. Despard and M. Grinstein-Weiss

Financial Vulnerability, Financial Literacy, and the Use of Digital Payment Technologies pp. 281-306

M. M. Naeser Seldal and Ellen Nyhus

Reading a Duty to Provide Accessible Pre-Contractual Information for Consumers with Disabilities into EU Consumer Protection Law pp. 307-329

L. Waddington

The Car Cushion Hypothesis: Bigger Cars Lead to More Risk Taking—Evidence from Behavioural Data pp. 331-342

Bart Claus and L. Warlop

Book Notes “Law” 1/2022 pp. 343-348

H.-W. Micklitz

Volume 45, issue 1, 2022

An Introduction to the Issue of Consumer Law in South America pp. 1-6

M. A. Barata, L. Bernstein, C. Lima Marques and H. W. Micklitz

Influence of European Law on Argentinian Consumer Law pp. 7-26

C. G. Sozzo and L. V. Bianchi

Dissemination of Consumer Law and Policy in Brazil: The Impact of EU Law pp. 27-48

C. L. Marques and R. A. C. Pfeiffer

Chilean Consumer Law and Policy: A Brief Outlook pp. 49-69

V. Andrade

Consumer Protection Law in Cuba pp. 71-86

N. de la Caridad Ojeda Rodríguez and T. Peña Lorenzo

Consumer Protection in Peru: Origins, Evolution, and Main Regulatory Influences pp. 87-102

C. Carranza Álvarez and O. A. Alcántara Francia

Influences of Comparative Law in Uruguayan Consumer Protection Law pp. 103-119

D. Szafir and H. Marks

Private International Consumer Law in MERCOSUR: The Influence of European Regulations on Its Creation pp. 121-134

L. Klein Vieira

UNCTAD’s Technical Cooperation Programme on Consumer Protection for Latin America: COMPAL pp. 135-147

Arnau Izaguerri