Cross-border trade in parcels has played a critical role in helping people and firms deal with issues stemming from physical distancing and confinement measures implemented during COVID-19. This note discusses that role and the policies that can help ensure parcel trade can continue to be...

1. Introduction -- 2. The impulse buying -- 3. The cognitive dissonance -- 4. The affect state -- 5. Measuring the constructs of impulse buying, cognitive dissonance and affect state -- 6. On-line consumer behavior and technology acceptance models -- 7. Drivers for on-line impulse purchases of...