Consumer Search and Public Policy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 1981 United States English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Journal of Consumer Research, volume 8, page 11 (issn: 0093-5301, eissn: 1537-5277,

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Authors: Beales, J. Howard.; Staelin, Richard, 1939-; Salop, Steven C.; Mazis, Michael B., 1942-;

doi: 10.1086/208836

handle: 2027/hvd.32044031891120

Consumer Search and Public Policy

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Abstract

Consumers acquire information from a variety of internal and external sources. Sources differ in their abilities to convey different kinds of information. This paper examines the implications of these sources for designing government information programs. It emphasizes the need to examine the effects of information disclosures in the total information environment.

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United States

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University of Michigan
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Consumer education

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