Designing Evidence-based Disclosures: A Case Study of Financial Privacy Notices

Journal of Consumer Affairs

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-234

  Garrison, Loretta ^a   Hastak, Manoj ^b   Hogarth, Jeanne M ^c   Kleimann, Susan ^d   Levy, Alan S ^e  

^a FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD   (United States)

^d Kleimann Communications Group   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84863310074     PISSN: 00220078     EISSN: 17456606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6606.2012.01226.x     Document Type: Article

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