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The Missing Link between Research and Reality: the significance of the relationship between retail format and organic food consumption

Baum, Chad M. - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The impact that the retail format has on the level of individual motivation tends to be overlooked in discussions of … separately. Hence, the dominant research paradigm has difficulty accounting for the differences in energy and motivation across … that utilize a limited form of the relationship between individual and retail format to explain the level of motivation. By …

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Flexible Waste Management under Uncertainty

Corato, Luca Di; Montinari, Natalia - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

with recycling, keeping the option to switch back to landfilling, if profitable. We determine the optimal share of waste to … program rather than a non-flexible one, the municipality: i) invests in recycling capacity under circumstances where it would …

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Voting on a sharing norm in a dictator game

Vanberg, Christoph - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

I conduct an experiment to assess whether majority voting on a non- binding sharing norm affects subsequent behavior in a dictator game. In a baseline treatment, subjects play a one shot dictator game. In a voting treatment, subjects are ï¬rst placed behind a 'veil of ignorance' and vote on...

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Unraveling Fairness in Simple Games? The Role of Empathy and Theory of Mind

Artinger, Florian; Exadaktylos, Fillipos; Sääksvuori, … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Economists have been theorizing that other-regarding preferences influence decision making. Yet, what are the corresponding psychological mechanisms that inform these preferences in laboratory games? Empathy and Theory of Mind (ToM) are dispositions considered to be essential in social...

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An experimental analysis of bounded rationality: Applying insights from behavioral economics to information systems

Brecht, Franziska; Günther, Oliver; Güth, Werner; … - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The paradigm of bounded rationality considers the limited ability of individuals to make consistent and rational choices. Due to the scarcity of research on this phenomenon in information systems, we conducted an experimental study investigating decision-making regarding risk preferences and...

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European Policies towards Palm Oil - Sorting Out some Facts

Pehnelt, Gernot; Vietze, Christoph - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper analyses the role of palm oil and its sustainability from different perspectives. We consider the role of …

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Can nature promote development? The role of sustainable tourism for economic growth

Freytag, Andreas; Vietze, Christoph - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

We analyze whether biodiversity is enhancing the development process in developing countries (DCs) via increasing tourism receipts in a trade based endogenous growth framework. The underlying assumption is that a rich biodiversity - only if used sustainably - provides a comparative advantage in...

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Optimal Stimulation Level Theory and Exploratory Consumer Behavior: An Analysis of Underlying Structures across Product Categories

Helm, Roland; Landschulze, Sebastian - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Research of the last decades focused on answering several questions in view of optimum stimulation theory. Which variables do influence general explorative tendencies such as risk taking, variety seeking, or curiosity-motivated behavior and how do the general explorative tendencies effect the...

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Acceptance of new products and brands by older consumers

Helm, Roland; Landschulze, Sebastian - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Marketing lacks comprehension on the increasingly important segment of mature consumers in regards of their behaviors and respective reasons for certain behaviors. This study on the desire for alternative products or brands within the domain of fast moving consumer goods was capable to verify...

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