The Journal of Consumer Affairs articles from June 1994

The Journal of Consumer Affairs archives from June 1994

Evidence of changing contestability in commercial airline markets during the 1980s.
June 22, 1994... Both economists and policymakers championed the deregulation of the commercial airline industry during the late 1970s. Proponents of deregulation argued that competition would be enhanced and as a result, consumers would pay lower fares in a...

Family communication patterns and marketplace motivations, attitudes, and behaviors of children and mothers.
June 22, 1994... Given the continued growth of the youth market (e.g., McNeal 1990; Sellers 1989; Swasy 1989) and children's influence in family decision making (e.g., Belch, Belch, and Ceresino 1985; Foxman, Tansuhaj, and Ekstrom 1989), consumer socialization...

Investigation of products liability attitudes and opinions: a consumer perspective.
June 22, 1994... The products liability issue has been a subject of considerable debate and examination over the last 200 years (Adams and Bennett-Alexander 1985; Spacone 1985). This is not surprising, as the stakes for businesses are obvious and can even...

Impact of consumer installment debt on food expenditures.
June 22, 1994... Consumers are allocating progressively more of their income to expenditures whose payments cannot be altered in the short run. Mortgage payments have always been a factor in the budget of consumers, but in the 1980s a rapid rise in the level of...

When recalls matter: factors affecting owner response to automotive recalls.
June 22, 1994... In recent years, both domestic and imported vehicle manufacturers have emphasized product quality. Phrases such as "Quality is Job 1" (Ford) and "Putting quality on the road" (GM), as well as references to a myriad of J.D. Power consumer...

Consumer preferences for Japanese automobiles.
June 22, 1994... Japanese cars have taken an increasing share of the new car market in the United States in the past two decades. Their market share increased from approximately 9.4 percent in 1975 to 15.8 percent in 1980 ("Domestic Car Sales" 1976, 1981). This...

The cost of driving a car off the dealer's lot.
June 22, 1994... Personal experience and the literature on automobile pricing agree on at least one point: It is very costly to take retail delivery of a new car ("drive a new car off the lot"). As Akerlof wrote, "The usual lunch table justification for this...

The beauty myth and female consumers: the controversial role of advertising.
June 22, 1994... Eleven million women and one million men in the United States suffer from eating disorders--either self-induced semistarvation (anorexia nervosa) or a cycle of bingeing and purging with laxatives, self-induced vomiting, or excessive exercise...

Household use of open-end credit to finance risk.
June 22, 1994... Consumers face many risks which can neither be avoided nor completely controlled. Personal property, for example, is exposed to such risks as fire, theft, vandalism, and product defects. After taking precautions to minimize the frequency and...

Serving two masters: Center for Consumer Research at the University of California, Davis, 1976-1992.
June 22, 1994... INTRODUCTION The Purnell Act in 1925 expanded the research goals for agricultural experiment stations at land grant universities to include, "the development and improvement of the rural home and rural life" (9). This legitimized efforts to...