Consumer Impact Assessment

The Consumer Impact Assessment offers a framework to assist policy analysts in the process of assessing and considering consumer impacts when designing or evaluating new policies.

Table of Contents

• Why assess impacts on consumers?
• A framework for assessing consumer impacts
• Consulting Canadian consumer organizations
• Making your organization receptive to consumer input and analysis
• Conclusion
• Appendix A: Behavioural economics in policy and regulatory development
• Appendix B: Canadian consumer organizations

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