Consumer Protection

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Can Consumers Make Affordable Care Affordable? The Value Of Choice Architecture

In less than a year, on January 1, 2014, tens of millions of Americans, along with members of Congress, will participate in a grand experiment in consumer choice: They will select health insurance Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Eric J. Johnson, Ran Hassin, Tom Baker, Allison T. Bajger, Galen Treuer
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Scamming Depression Era Elders: Neuroanatomical Basis For Poor Decision Making Among Older Adults

Deceiving the elderly is not a new problem, but it is one that has been growing in prevalence. To illustrate, financial abuse of elders aged 65 and older has risen from a low of 8% in 1950 to an Read More »

Date: 2013
Author: Brian K. Koestner, William M. Hedgcock, Kameko Halfmann, Natalie L. Denburg
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Regimes Of Meaning And Forms Of Mediation In Post-digital Marketing Strategies

In the short story that, in the Portuguese translation, lends the title of the book — Absolutamente nada e outras histórias (Absolutely nothing and other stories) —, Robert Walser introduces us Read More »

Date: 11/22/2021
Author: João Batista Ciaco
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Are Consumers Vulnerable To Algorithmic Dynamic Pricing? An Empirical Investigation

This article examines consumer vulnerability in online transactions where e-retailers implement an algorithmic dynamic pricing (ADP) strategy reflected by real-time price adjustments. Based on an Read More »

Date: 02/04/2021
Author: Nawel Ayadi, Corina Paraschiv, Xavier Rousset
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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Online Dynamic Pricing And Consumer Perceived Ethicality: Synthesis And Research Directions

In the era of Big data, pricing strategies of retail websites are evolving towards online dynamic pricing, which consists in frequent price changes for goods and services in order to maximize sales Read More »

Date: 02/04/2021
Author: Nawel Ayadi, Corina Paraschiv, Xavier Rousset
Contributor: eb™ Research Team
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