The Political Economy of Regulation in Markets with Näıve Consumers
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In a model of a competitive industry selling base goods and add-ons, we investigate the conditions under which citizen-consumers will support policies that eliminate behavioral inefficiencies induced by näıve consumers. Unregulated competitive markets have two effects: they produce deadweight losses, and they redistribute income away from biased consumers. Both unbiased and näıve consumers believe that they benefit from this redistribution (the näıve consumers are wrong), so support for efficiency-improving regulation is limited. Extending our model to consumers with partial sophistication about their näıveté, we predict patterns of regulation consistent with the form and timing of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act of 2009. JEL Classification: D03, D78
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