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The Gains from Variety in the European Union [PDF]
, 2009 Over the last decade, European Union members have experienced a dramatic increase in imports. This increase was accompanied by a strong growth in the number of imported goods and trading partners, indicating positive welfare gains for consumers via an ...
Mohler, Lukas, Seitz, Michael
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Profiling European Consumers that Engage in Boycotting
European Conference on Knowledge Management, 2023 Boycotting involves abstention from buying specific products or brands for political, ethical, or ecological reasons. Boycott is usually framed as an expression of political consumerism and has been on the rise. Companies that suffer a boycott may endure severe consequences including long-term damaged brand image and harmed reputation.
Mata, F. +3 more
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Assembling the Fractured European Consumer [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011 Recognised and shaped by regulatory strategies pulling in different directions, the European consumer may be portrayed as a fractured subject. By drawing from the Pasta and Hormones litigation, the article investigates its multiple and heterogeneous identities as resulting from the interaction between domestic, EU and WTO law.
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Consumer's Lending in the European Union
Pravo, 2013 Modalities of consumer’s protection at consumer’s lending in European Union Member States are provided with a special directive of the European Parliament and the Council (Directive 2008/48/EZ of the consumer credit agreements). Although this area has been regulated in European Union by the directives since 1987 (Directive 87/102/EEC), for the economic
Marijana Dukić Mijatović +1 more
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The Value of Network Neutrality to European Consumers [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 BEREC’s recognition of network neutrality as a key policy priority in 2010 has led to various related activities, for instance a fact-finding on traffic management practices and an assessment of IP interconnection. In consequence, European regulators have gained a solid basis for determining next steps.
Arnold, René +4 more
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Improving Food Choices Through Nutrition Labelling: Towards a Common ‘Nutri-Score’ Scheme Across the EU. College of Europe Policy Brief #3.20 April 22020 [PDF]
, 2020 The European Union is committed to the global fight against obesity and overweight, in which nutrition labelling plays an important role. > Under Regulation 1169/2011, the EU currently operates with traditional tabular and numerical labelling.
Delhomme, Vincent
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Regional production’ and ‘Fairness’ in organic farming: Evidence from a CORE Organic project [PDF]
, 2010 The CORE Organic pilot project ‘Farmer Consumer Partnerships’ aims to strengthen the partnership between producers and consumers through better communication.
Padel, Susanne, Zander, Katrin
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Communicating Ethical Arguments to Organic Consumers: A Study Across Five European Countries [PDF]
, 2010 Additional ethical claims were tested with mock organic egg labels in five EU countries. The attitudes towards the advertising labels were assessed by multiple copy testing measures. A total of 156 individual responses were analysed. The study confirms
Naspetti, Simona, Zanoli, Raffaele
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International Price-Fixing Cartels and Developing Countries: A Discussion of Effects and Policy Remedies [PDF]
, 2003 The U.S. Department of Justice, the European Commission, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development have all recently voiced concern about international price- fixing cartels. The U.S.
Levenstein, Margaret C. +2 more
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Using the European Language Grid as a Consumer
, 2022 AbstractThis chapter describes the European Language Grid cloud platform from the point of view of a consumer who wishes to access language resources or make use of language technology tools and services. Three aspects are discussed: 1. the webbased user interface (UI) for casual and non-technical users, 2.
Roberts, Ian +7 more
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