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Encyclopedia of Law & Economics – 5100 Consumer Protection Regulation: General

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  • Ippolito, Pauline M. and Scheffman, David T. (eds.) (1986), Empirical Approaches to Consumer Protection Econom , Washington, Federal Trade Commission.
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  • Magoulas, Georgios (1985), ‘Zur škonomischen Analyse des Konsumentenschutzes – unter besonderer BerŸcksichtigung informations- und risikobezogener Probleme von Konsumen tenmŠrkten (On the Economic Analysis of Consumer Protection – With Special Attention for Information and Risk)’, in Magoulas, Georgios and Simon, JŸrgen (eds.), Recht und …konomie beim Konsumentenschutz und Konsumentenkredit , Baden-Baden, Nomos, 23-57.
  • Magoulas, Georgios (1985), ‘…konomische Bemerkungen zum Problem eines “Sondermarktes” im Rahmen rechtlicher SittenwidrigkeitsprŸfung (Economic Remarks on the Problem of a “Special Mark)’, in Magoulas, Georgios and Simon, JŸrgen (eds.), Recht und …konomie beim Konsumentenschutz und Konsumentenkredit , Baden-Baden, Nomos, 293-308.
  • Magoulas, Georgios (1989), ‘Verbraucherschutz als Problem asymmetrischer Informationskosten (Consumer Protection as a Problem of Asymmetric Information)’, in Ott, Claus and SchŠfer, Hans-Bernd (eds.), Allekationseffizienz in der Rechtsordnung , Berlin, Springer, 70-80.
  • Magoulas, Georgios and Fritz, Jost (1985), ‘Oikonomike Analyse tou Dikaiou. – Provlemata ton Katanalotikon Pistoseon se Allodapous Ergazomenous kai Symbole sten Ermeneia tes _ 138 GermAK (Problems of Consumer Credit to Alien Workers and a Contribution to the Interpretation of _ 138 of the German Civil Code)’, 6 Scientific Review of the Thessaloniki Bar Association , 206-217.
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  • Massaguer, Josep Mar’a (1994), ‘La regulaci—n de servisios profesionales, (un an‡lisis de racionalidad econ—mica y legitimidad antitrust) (The Regulation of the Professions Economic Rationality and Antitrust Legitimacy)’, 3 Iuris , 85-120.
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