Product safety regulation as a model for financial services regulation

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 452-460

  Warren, Elizabeth ^a  

^a HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 50249127734     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2008.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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