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Counterfeiting and Piracy: Fakes, Facts and Figures

25-Sep-2007

Fake goods are not cheap. In fact, they exact a heavy cost on industry, governments and the general public. There is a strong case for public action across OECD countries against counterfeiting. This recent OECD Observer article addresses the question of how to make progress.

Best Practices for Consumer Policy: Report on the Effectiveness of Enforcement Regimes

21-Dec-2006

This report examines which enforcement regimes are cost-effective in securing a high level of compliance with consumer protection legislation. The report adopts a theoretical framework of deterrence whereby it is assumed that traders comply with the law when the costs that they will incur by acting unlawfully, if detected, will exceed the benefits that will accrue to them from the unlawful act. Various enforcement policy options are explored to assess how effective they are likely to be in meeting this condition, and at what likely cost.

Report on a Roundtable on Demand-side Economics for Consumer Policy

28-Apr-2006

The roundtable brought together leading academics, senior government officials and consumer representatives from OECD member countries to explore developments in economic research, particularly behavioural economics, focusing on the role played by consumers in relation to the efficiency of markets. Recognising that policy makers have tended to analyse the structure of the market rather than how consumers' behaviour shapes its outcomes, the Committee explored the extent to which economists' studies of the demand-side of markets might be able to contribute further to consumer policy.

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