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How to protect consumers in the digital era: An example of the online choice architecture [PDF]

open access: yesAnali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu
The ongoing process of digitalisation has brought a number of new challenges to the existing regulatory frameworks for consumer protection. One of these major challenges is the phenomenon of the online choice architecture, which is used to push consumers
Đurović Mateja
doaj   +1 more source

Consumers contracting with other consumers in the sharing economy: fill in the gaps in the legal framework or switch to the blockchain model?

open access: yesIDP, 2019
Numerous legal provisions were enacted at an EU level in order to protect consumers contracting with professionals, especially in a digital environment (see, in particular, the protection measures provided by directive 2011/83/EU on consumer rights ...
Hervé Jacquemin
doaj   +1 more source

Prohibition of aggressive commercial practices according to unfair commercial practices directive

open access: yes, 2015
Priėmus Nesąžiningos komercinės veiklos direktyvą ES vartotojų teisės acquis papildytas apsaugą nuo nesąžiningos prekybos praktikos užtikrinančiu ir visiško suderinimo principu pagrįstu teisės aktu.
Navickaitė-Sakalauskienė, Ieva
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mantinely pro užívání výslovných environmentálních tvrzení včetně těch se zaměřením na klima

open access: yesActa Universitatis Carolinae Iuridica
The article addresses the boundaries for the use of explicit environmental claims, which are a prevalent instrument in the communication between competitors and consumers. However, these claims frequently exhibit indications of greenwashing. In the first
Magdalena Hamáčková
doaj   +1 more source

Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

open access: yesAI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
wiley   +1 more source

Definition of a particularly vulnerable consumer under Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices

open access: yesReview of European and Comparative Law
Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair commercial practices establishes the normative benchmark of the “average consumer” as the primary standard for assessing the legality of commercial conduct.
Dana Ondrejová
doaj   +1 more source

Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying the Sites of Government, Commercial, and Personal Systems‐Perpetrated Financial Abuse

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the institutional systems through which post‐separation financial abuse is perpetrated. While existing measures seek to quantify the harms experienced by women post‐separation, this study draws on financial, welfare and legal service casefiles to identify where such harms occur. Drawing on 76 de‐identified Victorian service
Kay Cook   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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