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AN ANALYSIS OF SOME CAUSES OF INTERSTATE DIFFERENCES IN CONSUMER REGULATIONS
Author(s) -
OSTER SHARON M.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1980.tb00558.x
Subject(s) - business , state (computer science) , marketing , economics , public economics , prescription drug , advertising , medical prescription , medicine , algorithm , computer science , pharmacology
There are large differences among the states in the degree to which consumer products are regulated. This paper examines the determinants of these state differences in four regulatory areas: credit, prescription drug advertising, mobile home sales, and door to door sales. Costs and benefits expected to result to particular groups from regulation are analyzed and used to explain whether or not particular states enact particular regulations. The results of this paper suggest that both consumer and industry groups play a role in determining regulatory patterns.