Market regulation has traditionally focused on disclosure duties, yet mounting evidence questions their effectiveness. The efficacy of nudges is similarly doubted, especially when suppliers counter their effects. Consequently, there is growing interest in mandatory regulation of the content of contracts. Previous studies have examined public opinion about nudges but not about mandatory rules.We explore how the formulation of mandatory rules might affect their judged desirability, focusing on the choices: (1) between negative and positive formulation; and (2) between merely establishing substantive mandatory rules and supervising the wording of the contract as well. We also examine laypersons’ general attitude toward mandatory rules.We report the results of four studies, conducted with a representative sample of 968 US adults and 795 MTurk master workers. Contrary to our conjecture, we found that subjects generally judged wording rules as more desirable than merely substantive ones, and positive rules as more desirable than negative ones. There also appears to be strong support for pro-customer mandatory rules, even among conservative people. These results arguably legitimize more, and more effective, mandatory rules. They also suggest that the relative paucity of mandatory rules in US law is not due to public opposition to them but to other reasons.

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人们喜欢强制性规则吗？框架和措辞的影响

市场监管传统上侧重于披露义务，但越来越多的证据质疑其有效性。助推的效果同样受到质疑，尤其是当供应商反其道而行之时。因此，人们对合同内容的强制性监管越来越感兴趣。以往的研究研究了关于助推而非强制性规则的公众舆论。我们探讨了强制性规则的制定如何影响其判断的可取性，重点关注以下选择：（1）在消极和积极制定之间；（2）在仅仅制定实质性的强制性规则和监督合同的措辞之间。我们还考察了外行对强制性规则的一般态度。我们报告了四项研究的结果，对 968 名美国成年人和 795 名 MTurk 大师级工人的代表性样本进行了研究。与我们的猜想相反，我们发现受试者普遍认为措辞规则比单纯的实体规则更可取，而积极规则比消极规则更可取。即使在保守的人中，似乎也强烈支持亲客户的强制性规则。这些结果可以说使更多、更有效的强制性规则合法化。他们还认为，美国法律中相对缺乏强制性规则并不是因为公众反对，而是其他原因。即使在保守的人中。这些结果可以说使更多、更有效的强制性规则合法化。他们还认为，美国法律中相对缺乏强制性规则并不是因为公众反对，而是其他原因。即使在保守的人中。这些结果可以说使更多、更有效的强制性规则合法化。他们还认为，美国法律中相对缺乏强制性规则并不是因为公众反对，而是其他原因。