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 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

Volume 44, issue 4, 2021

Learning to Hoard: The Effects of Preexisting and Surprise Price-Gouging Regulation During the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 507-529

R. Chakraborti and G. Roberts

A Critical Assessment of the Need for Harmonization of the Legal Framework Concerning Abusive Informal Debt Collection Practices in the European Union pp. 531-557

C.-G. Stănescu

Neuromarketing, Ethics, and Regulation: An Exploratory Analysis of Consumer Opinions and Sentiment on Blogs and Social Media pp. 559-583

C. Luna-Nevarez

Book Review: “Consumer Happiness: Multiple Perspectives”, by Tanusree Dutta and Manas Kumar Mandal (Eds.) pp. 585-591

H. Kaur and T. Singh

Book Notes “Economics and Social Sciences” 4/2021 pp. 593-602

Lucia A. Reisch and Friederike C. Doebbe

Volume 44, issue 3, 2021

New Perspectives on Green Energy Defaults pp. 357-383

L. Mundaca and H. Moncreiff

Oversized Area Indications on Bonus Packs Fail to Affect Consumers’ Transactional Decisions—More Experimental Evidence on the Mars Case pp. 385-406

Kai Purnhagen, E. Herpen, S. Kamps and F. Michetti

Consumer Perceptions and Pricing Practices for Weddings pp. 407-426

N. D. Albers, A. O. Wren, T. L. Knotts and M. G. Chupp

Young People as Drivers or Inhibitors of the Sustainability Movement: The Case of Anti-Consumption pp. 427-453

F. Ziesemer, A. Hüttel and I. Balderjahn

A Law and Economics Perspective on the EU Directive on Representative Actions pp. 455-482

L. Visscher and M. Faure

Rectifying Consumer Protection Law and Establishing of a Consumer Court in Indonesia pp. 483-495

H. Matnuh

Book Notes “Law” 3/2021 pp. 497-506

H.-W. Micklitz

Volume 44, issue 2, 2021

Double Dutch Finally Fixed? A Large-Scale Investigation into the Readability of Mandatory Financial Product Information pp. 151-178

D. Scheld, O. Stolper and A. Walter

Regulation of Abusive Debt Collection Practices in the EU Member States: An Empirical Account pp. 179-216

C.-G. Stănescu

Gender-Related Variability in Information Processing of Disclosure Documents pp. 217-233

M. G. Ceravolo, Vincenzo Farina, L. Fattobene, L. Leonelli and G. Raggetti

Financial Behaviour Under Economic Strain in Different Age Groups: Predictors and Change Across 20 Years pp. 235-257

G. Silinskas, M. Ranta and T.-A. Wilska

An Investigation of the Contested Qualified Health Claims for Green Tea and Cancer pp. 259-277

A. Berhaupt-Glickstein and W. K. Hallman

The Effect of Providing Monetary Information on Energy Savings for Household Appliances: A Field Trial in Spain pp. 279-310

M. del Mar Solà, A. de Ayala and Ibon Galarraga

Credit Consumption and Financial Risk Among Danish Households— A Register-Based Study of the Distribution of Bank and Credit Card Debt pp. 311-328

P. Hohnen and A. Rhiger Hansen

Towards a General Theory of Harm for Consumer Law pp. 329-345

F. Esposito

Book Notes “Economics and Social Sciences” 2/2021 pp. 347-356

L.A. Reisch and F.C. Doebbe

Volume 44, issue 1, 2021

Should Australia Introduce a Prohibition on Unfair Trading? Responding to Exploitative Business Systems in Person and Online pp. 1-19

J. M. Paterson and E. Bant

Consumer Debt Prevention and Discharge in the Arabian Gulf pp. 21-42

D. Burton

Who is Victimized by Fraud? Evidence from Consumer Protection Cases pp. 43-72

Devesh Raval

Attention Distribution of Current Key Investor Documents: Standardization as a Long-Term Goal of the PRIIP Regulation pp. 73-94

P. Münchhalfen and R. Gaschler

Compensation and Socio-Economic Status of Borrowers in Foreclosure: Evidence from Swedish Micro-data pp. 95-116

M. Lundholm

The Failure of the Court to Protect Consumers: A Review of Consumer Dispute Resolution in Indonesia pp. 117-130

M. Syamsudin

Book Notes “Law” 1/2021 pp. 131-150

H.-W. Micklitz