This volume presents selected articles from the 21st Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference, which was held in Budapest (Hungary) in 2017. The theoretical and empirical papers in this volume cover various areas of business, economics, and finance from a diverse range of...

This book provides an economic perspective on the effects of food safety standards on international trade. Focusing on food safety regulation at an international level and private food safety standards, the authors use contemporary methodologies to analyze supply chain structures and...

The present approach and its problems.-The case for a cross-border-only regulation.-Scope defining “cross-border”.-An EU consumer transactions regulation.- substantive issues -- private international law issues -- The debate about an “optional instrument” and the EUCTR

DICE-2013R and Other Integrated Assessment Models -- Consumer Sovereignty vs. Intergenerational Equity: An Overview of the Stern-Nordhaus Debate -- Intergenerational Discounting and Overlapping Generations Models -- Intergenerational Discounting in the DICE Model.

Verbraucherwissenschaften und Verbraucherpolitik: Ausgangslage und Rahmenbedingungen -- Die wichtigsten Problem-/Bedarfsfelder - Arenen der Verbraucherwissenschaften und Verbraucherpolitik -- Die wichtigsten Institutionen, Organisationen und Akteure -- Ausblick: Zukunft der...

Vertragsabschluss über das Internet -- Schutz des Verbrauchers durch das AGB-Recht und das Fernabsatzrecht -- Verbraucherschutz im Internationalen Vertragsrecht -- Schutz des Verbrauchers durch die Buttonlösung.

Finanzierungstheoretische und begriffliche Grundlagen zur Altersvorsorge -- Altersvorsorge: Spannungsfelder und Rahmenbedingungen -- Ländervergleichende Untersuchung zur Rolle von Verbraucherbildung und Verbraucherberatung in der Altersvorsorge -- Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.

The role of the consumer has changed from seeking the most satisfaction from goods and services to reconciling consumption with active citizenship, which links consumption to modern social issues such as environmental protection, sound business ethics, and fair working conditions. Understanding...

Despite the huge expansion in consumer credit in the last 25 years there are very few texts describing the operation of consumer credit markets. Consumer Credit Fundamentals is the first book to provide a broad cross-disciplinary introduction to the subject. It covers the history of credit, the...

Despite the huge expansion in consumer credit in the last 25 years there are very few texts describing the operation of consumer credit markets. Consumer Credit Fundamentals is the first book to provide a broad cross-disciplinary introduction to the subject. It covers the history of credit, the...