The paper comments on the importance of legal instruments in consumer protection field. We focused on the role of the European Commission, as guardian of European Union (EU) law and policies, which may initiate legal procedures to guarantee compliance with EU legislation. Thus, we analysed the...

The paper presents the most important events of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) development, since the time of its enforcement (1958) until the '90s, evolution that reflects the existence of the differences and sometimes of the conflicts resulted along the European integration process. One...

The paper deals with the relation between environment and agriculture within the European Union policies. The importance of an environmental EU policy as a crossing policy is explained. It follows then, interdependence between environmental measures and other policies, most of all within CAP....

The paper presents the most important events of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) development, since the time of its enforcement (1958) until the '90s, evolution that reflects the existence of the differences and sometimes of the conflicts resulted along the European integration process. One...

Sustainable and responsible tourism are the highest challenges that tourism faces in the present and also an opportunity for many regions. Definitions and characteristics of sustainable, responsible, eco tourism are presented. Results of a study focused on the perception of hotel managers on the...

The paper aims to highlight the importance and the role of the forest for environment, society and economy and to draw attention to some of the most significant negative consequences of deforestation. It also presents the situation of the forests in Romania and brings some information concerning...

This research shows that consumers select a different product when they look down versus up. Because (1) people are accustomed to looking down to process nearby stimuli and to looking up to process distant stimuli, and because (2) perceived distance is linked to concrete versus abstract...

Information about alternatives often appears in a multi-option multi-attribute table, with the alternatives hierarchically sorted on attribute levels. This research shows that the choice of the primary sorting attribute can affect peoples' evaluations. Three studies show that the attribute on...

Attitudes and preferences do not always prove to be good predictors of actual behavior. Following the call for moderating variables to get a better idea of when and for whom attitude–behavior consistency exists, the current paper focuses on mood as a potential situational moderator. Results...

This paper investigates (1) whether the physical attractiveness stereotype applies to children, (2) whether children’s self-perception is influenced by the attractiveness of an advertising model, (3) whether children’s attitudes towards an ad and buying intentions for a non-beauty-related...