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 39, issue 4, 2016

Introducing the Sustainability Challenge of Textiles and Clothing pp. 367-375

Magnus Boström and Michele Micheletti

Supply Chain Transparency as a Consumer or Corporate Tool: The Case of Nudie Jeans Co pp. 377-395

Niklas Egels-Zandén and Niklas Hansson

Conflicts of Responsibility in the Globalized Textile Supply Chain. Lessons of a Tragedy pp. 397-416

Pauline Barraud de Lagerie

Educating for Sustainable Fashion: Using Clothing Acquisition Abstinence to Explore Sustainable Consumption and Life Beyond Growth pp. 417-439

Cosette M. Joyner Armstrong, Kim Y. Hiller Connell, Chunmin Lang, Mary Ruppert-Stroescu and Melody L. A. LeHew

Environmentally Sustainable Textile Consumption—What Characterizes the Political Textile Consumers? pp. 441-466

Marthe Hårvik Austgulen

Greening the Street-Level Procurer: Challenges in the Strongly Decentralized Swedish System pp. 467-483

Patrik Hall, Karl Löfgren and Gregory Peters

Volume 39, issue 3, 2016

Do Target Groups Appreciate Being Targeted? An Exploration of Healthy Eating Policy Acceptance pp. 285-306

Jessica Aschemann-Witzel, Tino Bech-Larsen and Sara Capacci

On the Credibility Determinants of a Quality Label: a Quasi-Natural Experiment Using the Example of Stiftung Warentest pp. 307-325

Andreas Hildenbrand, Rainer Kühl and Anne Piper

The Myth of the Unscrupulous Energy User’s Dilemma: Evidence from Switzerland pp. 327-347

Stefanie Lena Hille

Setting Boundaries Rather than Imposing Bans: Is it Possible to Regulate Consumer Arbitration Clauses to Achieve Fairness for Consumers? pp. 349-364

Therese Wilson

Stephen Brobeck and Robert N. Mayer, Watchdogs and Whistleblowers: A Reference Guide to Consumer Activism pp. 365-366

Amanda Long

Volume 39, issue 2, 2016

The Journal of Consumer Policy Outstanding Reviewer Award 2016 pp. 117-118

Lucia A. Reisch

A Critical Review of the Costs of Advertising: a Transformative Consumer Research Perspective pp. 119-140

Joseph L. Scarpaci, Benjamin K. Sovacool and Ronnie Ballantyne

A Reasonable Price for Electricity pp. 141-158

Simone Pront- van Bommel

Money, Comfort or Environment? Priorities and Determinants of Energy Efficiency Investments in Irish Households pp. 159-186

Claudia Aravena, Andrés Riquelme and Eleanor Denny

“If It’s Easy to Read, It’s Easy to Claim”—The Effect of the Readability of Insurance Contracts on Consumer Expectations and Conflict Behaviour pp. 187-197

Willem H. Boom, Pieter Desmet and Mark Dam

Analysing Household and Intra-urban Variants in the Consumption of Financial Services: Uncovering “Exclusion” in an English City pp. 199-221

Sabrina Bunyan, Alan Collins and Gianpiero Torrisi

Social Bond Development Through Continuous Indebtedness pp. 241-259

Carolina Rezende Pereira and Suzane Strehlau

The Prevalence and Risk of Food Insecurity in the Nordic Region: Preliminary Results pp. 261-274

Anita Borch and Unni Kjærnes

Book Notes “Law” 2/2016 pp. 275-284

Hans-W. Micklitz

Volume 39, issue 1, 2016

A welcome to our new Editorial Board pp. 1-1

Alan Mathios, Hans Micklitz, Lucia Reisch, John Thøgersen and Christian Twigg-Flesner

A welcome to our new Editorial Board pp. 1-1

Alan Mathios, Hans Micklitz, Lucia Reisch, John Thøgersen and Christian Twigg-Flesner

Norbert Reich, Founder and Pioneer of Consumer Law 1937–2015—Obituary pp. 3-7

Hans-W. Micklitz

Norbert Reich, Founder and Pioneer of Consumer Law 1937–2015—Obituary pp. 3-7

Hans-W. Micklitz

Promoting Educated Consumer Choices. Has EU Food Information Legislation Finally Matured? pp. 9-22

Wieke Huizing Edinger

Promoting Educated Consumer Choices. Has EU Food Information Legislation Finally Matured? pp. 9-22

Wieke Edinger

The Effects of Energy Cost Labelling on Appliance Purchasing Decisions: Trial Results from Ireland pp. 23-40

James Carroll, Eleanor Denny and Sean Lyons

The Effects of Energy Cost Labelling on Appliance Purchasing Decisions: Trial Results from Ireland pp. 23-40

James Carroll, Eleanor Denny and Sean Lyons

Bankrupt Households and Economic Crisis. Evidence from the Greek Courts pp. 41-62

Emilia Marsellou and Y. C. Bassiakos

Bankrupt Households and Economic Crisis. Evidence from the Greek Courts pp. 41-62

Emilia Marsellou and Y. Bassiakos

Wanted: a Bigger Stick. On Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts with Online Service Providers pp. 63-90

Marco Loos and Joasia Luzak

Wanted: a Bigger Stick. On Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts with Online Service Providers pp. 63-90

Marco Loos and Joasia Luzak

Regulating Unfair Trade Practices: an Analysis of the Past and Present Indian Legislative Models pp. 91-109

Raman Mittal, Sumit Sonkar and Parineet Kaur

Regulating Unfair Trade Practices: an Analysis of the Past and Present Indian Legislative Models pp. 91-109

Raman Mittal, Sumit Sonkar and Parineet Kaur

Volume 38, issue 4, 2015

Consumer Response to Negative Media Information About Certified Organic Food Products pp. 387-409

Christoph Müller and Hansjörg Gaus

What is Responsible Lending? The EU Consumer Mortgage Credit Directive in the UK and the Netherlands pp. 411-430

Vanessa Mak

Alternative and Online Dispute Resolution for Cross-Border Consumer Contracts: a Critical Evaluation of the European Legislature’s Recent Efforts to Boost Competitiveness and Growth in the Internal Market pp. 431-456

Giesela Rühl

The Franchisee as a Consumer: Determining the Optimal Duration of Pre-Contractual Disclosure pp. 457-489

Courtenay Atwell

Book Notes “Law” 4/2015 pp. 491-502

Hans-W. Micklitz

Volume 38, issue 3, 2015

Nudges Do Not Undermine Human Agency pp. 207-210

Cass Sunstein

The Role of Moral Philosophies and Value Orientations in Consumer Ethics: a Post-Transitional European Country Perspective pp. 211-228

Barbara Culiberg

Social Determinants of Debt Problems in a Nordic Welfare State: a Finnish Register-Based Study pp. 229-246

Atte Oksanen, Mikko Aaltonen and Kati Rantala

All Financial Advice for the Middle Class is Not Equal pp. 247-264

Danielle Winchester and Sandra Huston

Is ADR the Superior Mechanism for Consumer Contractual Disputes?—an Assessment of the Incentivizing Effects of the ADR Directive pp. 265-285

Franziska Weber

Regulation of Automatic Renewal Clauses: A Behavioural Law and Economics Approach pp. 287-313

Mitja Kovač and Ann-Sophie Vandenberghe

Are Consumer Decision-Making Phenomena a Fourth Market Failure? pp. 315-330

Pete Lunn

“Safety Net” Consumer Protection: Using Prohibitions on Unfair and Unconscionable Conduct to Respond to Predatory Business Models pp. 331-355

Jeannie Paterson and Gerard Brody

Consumer Insolvency: The Linkage Between the Fresh Start, Collective Proceedings, and the Access to Debt Adjustment pp. 357-374

Tuula Linna

Volume 38, issue 2, 2015

Conceptualizing the Consumer of Financial Services: a New Approach? pp. 111-117

Lorna O’Mahony, Christian Twigg-Flesner and Folarin Akinbami

Understanding and Protecting Vulnerable Financial Consumers pp. 119-138

Peter Cartwright

Mortgage Market Review: “Hard-Wired Common Sense?” pp. 139-159

Sarah Nield

The First Legal Mortgagor: a Consumer Without Adequate Protection? pp. 161-180

Lisa Whitehouse

Achieving Safety and Affordability in the UK Payday Loans Market pp. 181-202

Andrea Fejős

Book Notes “Economics and Social Sciences” 2/2015 pp. 203-206

Hans-W. Micklitz

Volume 38, issue 1, 2015

An Analysis of the Growth in Environmental Labelling and Information Schemes pp. 1-18

Guillaume Gruère

The Positive Side of Negative Labelling pp. 19-38

Ynte Dam and Janneke Jonge

Regulation of Cosmetics: What has Malaysia Learnt from the European System? pp. 39-59

Z. Zakaria

Iceland: Indexation of Credit and the Fairness Test in European Consumer Law pp. 61-92

M. Méndez-Pinedo

Imperfect Recall: The Impact of Composite Spending Information Disclosure on Credit Card Spending pp. 93-104

Amit Poddar, Cameron Ellis and Timucin Ozcan

Book Notes “Law” 1/2015 pp. 105-110

Hans-Wolfgang Micklitz