Web Resources Related to Consumer Decisions
"Consumer Reports Online is the Web's source of unbiased information about products and services based on testing conducted in our extensive state-of-the-art laboratories. The site offers two levels of access. Visitors can get solid consumer advice for free. Paid site subscribers have access to our exclusive product and service Ratings and recommendations. You can subscribe for $2.95 per month or $24.00 for a full year."
Consumer Reports finally gets on the web. It has been available for a number of years at America Online. The web site is attractive, but most of what is free is safety-related (e.g., product recalls) or links. Still, if you do not already have AOL, may be a good buy. Even when I have not thrown out my old issues, I find it easier to track down an article online than to search through old issues. -- SH
"Kicking Tires on the Web" Business Week article
How much should consumers be willing to pay for information about quality and price? Implications for cyberspace. Family Economics&Resource Management Biennial
Economics of information Acrobat file -- discussion and graphs by Sherman Hanna
Auto insurance -- basics, rates across the U.S.
Consumer Decisions (Iowa State Extension: Acrobat files)
Product ReviewNet indexes and abstracts reviews -- not quite Consumer Reports but finds product reviews in magazines such as Stereo Review

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Sherman Hanna Updated 12/3/97