Journal of Consumer Policy

2004 - 2026

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

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The Journal of Consumer Policy Outstanding Reviewer Award 2013 pp. 367-368: Alan Mathios, Hans-W. Micklitz, Lucia Reisch, John Thøgersen and Christian Twigg-Flesner
The Importance of the Indirect Transfer Mechanism for Consumer Willingness to Pay for Fair Trade Products—Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment pp. 369-387: Hannes Koppel and Günther Schulze
Material Distortion of Economic Behaviour and Everyday Decision Quality pp. 389-402: Kerstin Gidlöf, Annika Wallin, Kenneth Holmqvist and Peter Møgelvang-Hansen
Gender-Driven Food Choice: Explaining School Milk Consumption of Boys and Girls pp. 403-423: Daniela Weible
Security Mechanisms for Insolvencies in the Package Travel Sector: an Economic Analysis pp. 425-442: Michael Faure and Franziska Weber
Book Reviews pp. 443-445: Stephen Brobeck
Book Notes “Economics and Social Sciences” pp. 447-451: Lucia Reisch

Introduction pp. 203-208: Hans-W. Micklitz and Yane Svetiev
How Consumer Law Travels pp. 209-230: Yane Svetiev
Understanding the Enforcement Malfunction of Consumer Legislation in Serbia pp. 231-246: Marija Karanikić Mirić
The Impact of EU Norms and Policies on Consumer Protection Enforcement in Serbia pp. 247-268: Andrea Fejős
EU Consumer Law Outside the European Union: The Case of Albania pp. 269-285: Mateja Djurovic
Enforcement Activity in Consumer Protection Regulation in Croatia pp. 287-314: Tatjana Josipović
Unfair Consumer Contract Terms Under Macedonian Law: How the Old and the New Function in Practice pp. 315-328: Nenad Gavrilovic
To B2C or Not to B2C. Some Reflections on the Regulation of Unfair Commercial Practices from a Polish Perspective pp. 329-342: Monika Namysłowska
Institutional Design in Hungary: A Case Study of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive pp. 343-365: V. Balogh and K. Cseres

Estimating Direct Gains in Consumer Welfare in Telecommunications Sector pp. 119-138: Abhay Gupta
Taking Fake Online Consumer Reviews Seriously pp. 139-157: Justin Malbon
Forced Choice Restriction in Promoting Sustainable Food Consumption: Intended and Unintended Effects of the Mandatory Vegetarian Day in Helsinki Schools pp. 159-178: Chiara Lombardini and Leena Lankoski
Attitudinal, Self-Efficacy, and Social Norms Determinants of Young Consumers’ Propensity to Overspend on Credit Cards pp. 179-196: Veneta Sotiropoulos and Alain d’Astous

Bridging the Energy Efficiency Gap: A Field Experiment on Lifetime Energy Costs and Household Appliances pp. 1-16: Steffen Kallbekken, Håkon Sælen and Erlend Hermansen
Consumers’ Response When Regulators Are Uncertain About the Source of Foodborne Illness pp. 17-36: Carlos Arnade, Fred Kuchler and Linda Calvin
Digital Content Contracts for Consumers pp. 37-57: N. Helberger, M. Loos, Lucie Guibault, Chantal Mak and Lodewijk Pessers
An Assessment of Consumer Protection and Consumer Empowerment in Costa Rica pp. 59-86: Lucy Delgadillo
Consumer Dispute Resolution after The Lisbon Treaty: Collective Actions and Alternative Procedures pp. 87-110: Iris Benöhr
Erratum to: The Regulation of Over-Indebtedness of Consumers in Europe Special issue on Volume 35, Issue 4, pp. 417–419 pp. 117-118: Hans-W. Micklitz

The Regulation of Over-Indebtedness of Consumers in Europe pp. 417-419: Hans-W. Micklitz
Between Neo-Liberalism and the Social Market: Approaches to Debt Adjustment and Consumer Insolvency in the EU pp. 421-441: Iain Ramsay
Consumer Insolvency in the European Legal Context pp. 443-459: Johanna Niemi
The Phenomenon of “Consumer Insolvency Tourism” and its Challenges to European Legislation pp. 461-475: Thomas Hoffmann
The Way into Bankruptcy: Market Anomie and Sacrifice Among Portuguese Consumers pp. 477-496: C. Lopes and C. Frade
A Next Step in Debt Enforcement: the Merger of Debt Help and Debt Collection pp. 497-508: Nick Huls
Back to Start: Insolvent and Nevertheless Successful pp. 509-512: Anne Koark
The Heteronomy of Private Insolvency Proceedings and the Social Structure of Entrepreneurial Activity: a Commentary on Anne Koark's Speech pp. 513-524: Thomas Roethe

The Expulsion of the Concept of Protection from the Consumer Law and the Return of Social Elements in the Civil Law: A Bittersweet Polemic pp. 283-296: Hans-W. Micklitz
Scoring: New Legislation in Germany pp. 297-305: Rainer Metz
Errare humanum est: Financial Literacy in European Consumer Credit Law pp. 307-332: Vanessa Mak and Jurgen Braspenning
How Can Internet Comparison Sites Work Optimally for Consumers? pp. 333-353: Harriet Gamper
Testing the Hirshleifer–Riley Model: The Values of Information Sources for a Future Hospital Stay pp. 355-371: Roger Feldman and Kyoungrae Jung
Distributional Effects of Lower Food Prices in a Rich Country pp. 373-391: Johan Lundberg and Sofia Lundberg
Shame-Proneness as a Risk Factor of Compulsive Buying pp. 393-410: Sunghwan Yi

The Innovative Nature of Consumer Law pp. 165-173: Ewoud Hondius
Networks to Enforce European Law: The Case of the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network pp. 175-195: Cristina Poncibò
Supporting Social Enterprises to Support Vulnerable Consumers: The Example of Community Development Finance Institutions and Financial Exclusion pp. 197-213: Therese Wilson
Carrotmob as a New Form of Ethical Consumption. The Nature of the Concept and Avenues for Future Research pp. 215-236: Stefan Hoffmann and Katharina Hutter
Will Households Change Their Saving Behaviour After the “Great Recession”? The Role of Human Capital pp. 237-254: Michael Walden
How Good Are You at Getting a Lower Price? A Field Study of the US Automobile Market pp. 255-274: Xiaohua Zeng, Srabana Dasgupta and Charles Weinberg

From Knowledge to Action—New Paths Towards Sustainable Consumption pp. 1-5: John Thøgersen and Ulf Schrader
Endorsing Sustainable Food Consumption: Prospects from Public Catering pp. 7-21: Stefan Wahlen, Eva Heiskanen and Kristiina Aalto
Smart Homes as a Means to Sustainable Energy Consumption: A Study of Consumer Perceptions pp. 23-41: Alexandra-Gwyn Paetz, Elisabeth Dütschke and Wolf Fichtner
Disclosure of Energy Operating Cost Information: A Silver Bullet for Overcoming the Energy-Efficiency Gap? pp. 43-64: Stefanie Heinzle
Life Events as Windows of Opportunity for Changing Towards Sustainable Consumption Patterns? pp. 65-84: Martina Schäfer, Melanie Jaeger-Erben and Sebastian Bamberg
Why Might Organic Labels Fail to Influence Consumer Choices? Marginal Labelling and Brand Equity Effects pp. 85-104: Fabrice Larceneux, Florence Benoit-Moreau and Valérie Renaudin
Discursive Confusion over Sustainable Consumption: A Discursive Perspective on the Perplexity of Marketplace Knowledge pp. 105-125: Annu Markkula and Johanna Moisander
Sex, Personality, and Sustainable Consumer Behaviour: Elucidating the Gender Effect pp. 127-144: Michael Luchs and Todd Mooradian
One More Awareness Gap? The Behaviour–Impact Gap Problem pp. 145-163: Maria Csutora