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To mark World Consumer Rights Day the Australian consumer movement and
Consumer Affairs Victoria hosted the National Consumer Congress. The congress
brought together consumer advocates, regulators, policy makers, government
officials, industry and academics.
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3 George Akerlof, The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Vol 84, May 1970.
4 John Vickers FBA, British Academy Keynes Lecture 'Economic for consumer policy' October 2003.
2 See, for example, most textbooks on industrial organisation where solutions to the Bertrand Paradox almost invariably put only firms in the spotlight.
1 Ross Gittins, Allan Fels: Economic rationalist hero of the decade, Sydney Morning Herald, 15 July, 2003
6 ibid. p. 536.
5 Paul Klemperer, Competition when Consumers have Switching Costs: An Overview with Applications to Industrial Organization, Macroeconomics, and International Trade, Review of Economic Studies (1995) 62, p. 516.
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9 John Vickers FBA, British Academy Keynes Lecture 'Economic for consumer policy' October 2003.
7 Michael Waterson, 'The Role of Consumers in Competition and Competition Policy', Warwick Economic Research Papers, July 2001.
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8 ibid.
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