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

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 explores consumer protection in the major financial markets in the world and provides an international comparison among the countries of different cultural background and economic development. Each chapter describes the major issues of financial consumption in the selected country and...

This book analyzes the whole path to justice: from the decision to enter the path to justice until justice is achieved and applies a mixed-methods approach using quantitative and qualitative data. It deliberately takes the consumer’s perspective and, beyond the scope of existing studies, does...

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...

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...