{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2032558554","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00728.x","title":"THE RATIONALE FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN SELLER\u2010CONSUMER RELATIONSHIPS","display_name":"THE RATIONALE FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN SELLER\u2010CONSUMER RELATIONSHIPS","publication_year":1983,"publication_date":"1983-02-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2032558554","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00728.x","mag":"2032558554"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00728.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00728.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00728.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S54913114","display_name":"Review of Policy Research","issn_l":"1541-132X","issn":["1541-132X","1541-1338"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Review of Policy Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5048947082","display_name":"Sylvia Lane","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4405259493","display_name":"Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics","ror":"https://ror.org/02agj4404","country_code":"US","type":"funder","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4387154595","https://openalex.org/I4405259493"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I84218800","display_name":"University of California, Davis","ror":"https://ror.org/05rrcem69","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I84218800"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I95457486","display_name":"University of California, Berkeley","ror":"https://ror.org/01an7q238","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I95457486"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sylvia Lane","raw_affiliation_strings":["SYLVIA LANE is professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of California, Davis and Economist on the Giannini Foundation, University of California, Berkeley. At Davis her prime teaching responsibilities were Consumer Economics and the Economics of Consumption. She has been a director of Consumers Union and the Consumers Union Foundation and authored publications on the Economics of Consumer Class Actions, the case for Flammability Standards and food safety in the area of consumer protection","University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"SYLVIA LANE is professor emeritus in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of California, Davis and Economist on the Giannini Foundation, University of California, Berkeley. At Davis her prime teaching responsibilities were Consumer Economics and the Economics of Consumption. She has been a director of Consumers Union and the Consumers Union Foundation and authored publications on the Economics of Consumer Class Actions, the case for Flammability Standards and food safety in the area of consumer protection","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4405259493","https://openalex.org/I84218800","https://openalex.org/I95457486"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, United States","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I95457486"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5048947082"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4405259493","https://openalex.org/I84218800","https://openalex.org/I95457486"],"apc_list":{"value":3300,"currency":"USD","value_usd":3300},"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.25368652,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":88,"max":93},"biblio":{"volume":"2","issue":"3","first_page":"419","last_page":"428"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13138","display_name":"Legal and Constitutional Studies","score":0.5586000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13138","display_name":"Legal and Constitutional Studies","score":0.5586000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11762","display_name":"Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems","score":0.21660000085830688,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11043","display_name":"Merger and Competition Analysis","score":0.08609999716281891,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/consumer-protection","display_name":"consumer protection","score":0.8880000114440918},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/government-intervention","display_name":"state intervention","score":0.9879999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/information-asymmetry","display_name":"information asymmetry","score":0.8889999985694885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transaction-costs","display_name":"transaction costs","score":0.9940000176429749},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/oligopolistic-markets","display_name":"oligopolistic markets","score":0.7350000143051147},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/externalities","display_name":"externalities","score":0.9760000109672546},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/product-quality-assurance","display_name":"product quality assurance","score":0.8259999752044678},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/product-removal","display_name":"product removal","score":0.4189999997615814},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/insurance-premiums","display_name":"insurance premiums","score":0.890999972820282},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/public-goods","display_name":"public goods","score":0.621999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/consumer-welfare","display_name":"consumer welfare","score":0.7179999947547913}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172886114","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q597339","display_name":"Economic interventionism","level":3,"score":0.7741656303405762},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C16118543","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275372","display_name":"Externality","level":2,"score":0.7069443464279175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121398111","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103639","display_name":"Oligopoly","level":3,"score":0.6446280479431152},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780665704","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959298","display_name":"Intervention (counseling)","level":2,"score":0.597346842288971},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778137410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2732820","display_name":"Government (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.5949512124061584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98965940","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877496","display_name":"Transaction cost","level":2,"score":0.5926870703697205},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5694676041603088},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100001284","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2248246","display_name":"Public economics","level":1,"score":0.5644692182540894},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2989499966","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q664183","display_name":"Consumer protection","level":2,"score":0.5165742635726929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178411942","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622657","display_name":"Market failure","level":2,"score":0.5157120823860168},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100243477","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12002092","display_name":"Welfare","level":2,"score":0.47676950693130493},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.4416523277759552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992867849","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q851147","display_name":"Consumer welfare","level":3,"score":0.4160429835319519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.41494888067245483},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C3018006300","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4402708","display_name":"Consumer demand","level":2,"score":0.4131101667881012},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.41255003213882446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175444787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39072","display_name":"Microeconomics","level":1,"score":0.3825927972793579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C54750564","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26643","display_name":"Commerce","level":1,"score":0.2023131251335144},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C34447519","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179522","display_name":"Market economy","level":1,"score":0.15020889043807983},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78458016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840400","display_name":"Evolutionary biology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41895202","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8162","display_name":"Linguistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199539241","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7748","display_name":"Law","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94625758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7163","display_name":"Politics","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118552586","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7867","display_name":"Psychiatry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00728.x","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00728.x","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00728.x","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S54913114","display_name":"Review of Policy Research","issn_l":"1541-132X","issn":["1541-132X","1541-1338"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320595","host_organization_name":"Wiley","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320595"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Wiley"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Review of Policy Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:bla:revpol:v:2:y:1983:i:3:p:419-428","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1541-1338.1983.tb00728.x/enhancedabs","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6601999998092651,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":11,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W434716150","https://openalex.org/W1526826117","https://openalex.org/W1968264630","https://openalex.org/W1975422955","https://openalex.org/W1988005316","https://openalex.org/W2108641087","https://openalex.org/W2156109180","https://openalex.org/W2509018420","https://openalex.org/W3217451247","https://openalex.org/W4232545197","https://openalex.org/W4301759337"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2796611859","https://openalex.org/W1525520941","https://openalex.org/W2350689306","https://openalex.org/W2059782238","https://openalex.org/W2389849333","https://openalex.org/W2152959945","https://openalex.org/W2364201200","https://openalex.org/W7128433182","https://openalex.org/W106158976","https://openalex.org/W2315077647"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Government":[0],"intervention":[1],"in":[2,41,102],"the":[3,15,74,84],"form":[4],"of":[5,18,58,86],"consumer":[6,29,35],"protection":[7,92],"is":[8,37,61,93],"appropriate":[9],"where":[10,23,34,44,54,69],"consumers":[11],"have":[12],"less":[13],"than":[14],"required":[16],"amount":[17],"information":[19],"to":[20,27,52,66],"protect":[21],"themselves,":[22],"transaction":[24],"costs":[25,46,49],"act":[26],"reduce":[28],"self\u2010protection":[30],"below":[31],"acceptable":[32],"levels,":[33],"welfare":[36],"not":[38,99],"sufficiently":[39],"considered":[40],"oligopolistic":[42],"markets,":[43],"private":[45],"and":[47,68,89],"social":[48],"diverge":[50],"due":[51],"externalities,":[53],"a":[55,94],"certain":[56],"level":[57],"quality":[59],"assurance":[60],"necessary":[62],"if":[63],"markets":[64],"are":[65],"function":[67],"riskier":[70],"products":[71],"removal":[72],"from":[73],"market":[75],"lowers":[76],"firms'":[77],"insurance":[78],"premiums":[79],"as":[80,82],"well":[81],"serves":[83],"interest":[85],"public":[87,95],"health":[88],"safety.":[90],"Consumer":[91],"good":[96],"which":[97],"will":[98],"be":[100],"available":[101],"optimal":[103],"quantities":[104],"without":[105],"government":[106],"intervention.":[107]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}