CONTEXT-SETTING Academic research in the consumer interest

1. CONTEXT-SETTINGAcademic research in the consumer interest Bob Kerton University of Waterloo

2. 1. THE PRODUCER IS THE CONSUMER 2. THE DARK SIDE OF SPECIALISATION SHARP WHITES CIR 3. 1912 AER: “THE BACKWARD ART OF SPENDING MONEY” OR THE URGENT NEED FOR CIR 4. 1936 COLSTON WARNE & CONSUMER REPORTS 1954 COLSTON WARNE FOUNDED the AMERICAN COUNCIL ON CONSUMER INTERESTS CIR 5. . THE MOST CITED RESEARCH ARTICLE IN ECONOMICS GEORGE AKERLOF ON UNBALANCED INFORMATION … A NEED FOR CIR 6. CIR & the CONSUMER SPRING IN CANADA 7. WHAT DOES ‘TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE’ CHANGE? 8. ACADEMIC CIR IN CANADA: DIMENSIONS, DEFINITION, FUTURE

3. THE PRODUCER IS THE CONSUMER

4. THE DARK SIDE OF SPECIALISATION SHARP WHITES CIR

5. 1912 AER: “THE BACKWARD ART OF SPENDING MONEY” Wesley Clair Mitchell OR, THE URGENT NEED FOR CIR Frances Oldham Kelsey

6. 1936 Consumer Reports 1936 COLSTON WARNE & CONSUMER REPORTS 1954 COLSTON WARNE FOUNDED AMERICAN COUNCIL ON CONSUMER INTERESTS CIR

7. THE MOST CITED RESEARCH ARTICLE IN ECONOMICS: GEORGE AKERLOF ON UNBALANCED INFORMATION … A NEED FOR CIR

8. CONSUMER RESEARCH COUNCIL 1970s CIR & the CONSUMER SPRING IN CANADA

9. WHAT DOES ‘TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE’ CHANGE?

10. ACADEMIC CIR IN CANADA: DIMENSIONS, DEFINITION FUTURE