RT Research Data
T1 Public attitudes to price fixing in Britain, 2007
A1 Stephan, Andreas
LA English
PP Colchester
PB UK Data Service
YR 2016
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1872967892
AB This dataset contains the results of a survey gauging public attitudes in Britain to price-fixing and cartel enforcement mechanisms. This was the first ever survey of consumer attitudes to cartels. To ensure balanced and unbiased results, respondents were mainly presented with various scenarios and were asked to either agree or strongly agree with one of two balanced alternatives. They also had the option to agree with neither, or select "don't know". The survey asked respondents about their shopping preferences, about their attitudes towards price-fixing, and their attitudes towards punishment for individuals and firms engaged in such practices, also controlling for the size and type of business. The results indicate that the majority of Britons (73%) recognise the harmful effects of price-fixing. They understand that colluding competitors will set prices so as to maximise their collective profits to the detriment of their customers. They also recognise the need for such behaviour to be punished, and do not feel that crisis cartels for the protection of employment or small businesses should be exempt.
K1 Age
K1 businesses
K1 consumer protection
K1 Consumption
K1 crime and security
K1 Customers
K1 economic activity
K1 Gender
K1 Income
K1 Industries
K1 occupational status
K1 Political attitudes
K1 price control
K1 Prices
K1 Profits
K1 Punishment
K1 Purchasing
K1 qualifications
K1 Shopping
K1 Small businesses
K1 Social Class
K1 transnational enterprises
K1 voting behaviour
K1 Forschungsdaten
DO 10.5255/UKDA-SN-7884-1