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Murooka, Takeshi und Schwarz, Marco (2017): The Timing of Choice-Enhancing Policies. Collaborative Research Center Transregio 190, Discussion Paper No. 49 [PDF, 404kB]

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Abstract

Recent studies investigate policies motivating consumers to make an active choice as a way to protect unsophisticated consumers. We analyze the optimal timing of such choice-enhancing policies when a firm can strategically react to them. In our model, a firm provides a contract with automatic renewal. We show that a policy intending to enhance consumers choices when they choose a contract can be detrimental to welfare. By contrast, a choice-enhancing policy at the time of contract renewal increases welfare more robustly. Our results highlight that policies should be targeted in timing to the actual choice inefficiency.

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