从信息不对称看消费者知情权

On Correlation between Consumers' Right to know and the Information Asymmetry

借用信息经济学上的信息不对称理念,论述信息不对称与消费者知情权的关系。结合实践中常见的消费信息不对称现象,从法律的角度分析由于消费信息不对称引起的败德行为、不利选择及信号失灵对消费者权益的侵害,进一步论述知情权对消费信息不对称的矫正,指出现行法律制度对信息不对称规制的不足,探讨了如何完善消费者知情权保护机制及构建消费者知情权的社会保护体系问题。

This article mainly discusses the relation between information asymmetry and consumers＇ right to know in light of the notion of information asymmetry. It analyzes some familiar cases of moral hazard, adverse selection, signal failure and violating consumer rights that result from information asymmetry, and then continues to explores ways to rectify such defaults, to perfect the mechanism for protecting consumers＇ right to know, so as to prevent further violation of consumer rights on the strength of a sound social system to protect consumers＇ right to know.