摘要:

One important source of product‐related information available to consumers is seals and certifications of approval. Yet little is known about the role played by these symbols in the decision‐making process. This study examines the level of recognition, the perceived credibility, the perceived meaning and the use of nine seals or certifications of approval among adult female consumers. The results would appear to have significant implications for consumer protection and educat

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1975.tb00545.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Early evaluations of Truth‐in‐Lending have observed impressive gains in consumer knowledge about interest rates. Contrary to original goals, consumers with more education, income, and debt experience have benefited far more than low‐income and minority consumers. How will these results change over time as consumers gain credit experience with the aid of disclosure? Has disclosure improved consumer understanding about finance charges, and what factors beyond socio‐economic status might have enhanced consumer knowledge of credit terms? These questions are addressed in this report of a large sample of California households surveyed at two points in time. The longitudinal analysis shows individual changes in knowledge, the effects of credit experience on learning, and a projection of future levels of credit kn

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1975.tb00546.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The pricing policies of retail pharmacies have come under recent scrutiny by public policy makers. This is a result of the economic value of prescription drugs as a part of the nations's health care bill as well as the potential impact of pricing policies on those segments of the population least able to afford treatment: the poor and the elderly.This study examines pricing and price practices in a metropolitan market and provides empirical evidence regarding the impact of these practices.

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1975.tb00547.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Consumer cooperatives are currently of greater interest in the U.S., than at any time in recent history, but the experiences of those recently established have been very mixed. There is a great need for factual information to record those experiences and identify factors and conditions that have led to success or failure. In addition, there are continuing serious deficiencies in the food distribution system that serves the inner‐city poor. This article deals with both of these problem areas in examining the role and potential for consumer food cooperatives, with special attention to low‐income, urban ar

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1975.tb00548.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

During the 1964 Hearings on Physician‐Ownership held by the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly witnesses charged that certain medical doctors were establishing firms that purchased prepared drugs in bulk, packaged them, and then marketed the drugs in smaller quantities under brand names. Physicians with interests in drug repackagers would write prescriptions specifying brands marketed by their firms, and antisubstitution laws would prevent the pharmacist from using other brands. Critics of the practice argue that physicians purchase drug repackagers and tie drugs to extend their monopoly power into the ethical drugs market with the resulting foreclosure of independent firms. This paper argues that physicians purchase drug interests not to create a new monopoly, but rather to extract more monopoly profits from their original markets. But evidence exists that in doing so physician‐owners impose a welfare loss on their patients. The paper concludes with an analysis of efforts made thus far to end the practice and suggests that amendment of state antisubstitution laws would make it more difficult for physician‐repackager owners to tie

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1975.tb00549.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

A survey of over 17,000 Canadian consumers who had written a letter of complaint to one of several government or consumer service agencies in 1972 found that the average consumer complainer is a middle aged, well educated, affluent, managerial‐professional man or woman. The study also found that 49 percent of complaint letters are written by only 24 percent consumer of complainers and that consumers who write several letters of complaint are also well educated, affluent, and have managerial/professional occupations. These findings suggest that care must be taken in using consumer complaint data to identify the nature and severity of consumer problems in the marketplace or as a foundation for government policy and program

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1975.tb00550.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1975.tb00551.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1975.tb00552.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1975.tb00553.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0022-0078    

DOI:10.1111/j.1745-6606.1975.tb00554.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1975

数据来源: WILEY