Seduction by contract : law, economics, and psychology in consumer markets /

Consumers routinely enter into long-term contracts with providers of goods and services - from credit cards, mortgages, cell phones, insurance, TV, and internet services to household appliances, theatre and sports events, health clubs, magazine subscriptions, transportation, and more. Across these c...

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Bar-Gill, Oren
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Consumers routinely enter into long-term contracts with providers of goods and services - from credit cards, mortgages, cell phones, insurance, TV, and internet services to household appliances, theatre and sports events, health clubs, magazine subscriptions, transportation, and more. Across these consumer markets certain design features of contracts are recurrent, and puzzling. Why do sellers design contracts to provide short-term benefits and impose long-term costs? Why are lowintroductory prices so common? Why are the contracts themselves so complex, with numerous fees and interest rates, t
Umfang:
1 online resource (558 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-175166-9
1-283-65812-7
0-19-164037-9
0-19-164038-7
Schlagworte:
Consumer contracts.
Consumer protection > Law and legislation.
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