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Regulation is presumed to be designed to avoid (potential) market failures,usually because of firms' market power, the consequence of which leads to a decrease in economic welfare. However, the cost of regulation may outweigh any effects policy makers have on the firm due to administrative...
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, regulators and international organizations are increasingly recognizing that consumers from specific socio-economic backgrounds … implemented, but there remains a lack of empirical research on the precise links between consumers’ socio-economic background and … their satisfaction. This article contrasts consumers’ stated and revealed preferences for three major household utility …
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whether consumers will accept or reject its products. Thus, this study aims to better understand key variables that are likely … issues important to consumers prior to market entry. Factors that may influence consumer acceptance of agrifood … nanotechnology were identified by examining historical experiences with other emerging technologies in food and agriculture and …
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involved in lending decisions; namely, consumers, CEOs, and banks. The main characteristic of anxious periods is that the … bank-level data. We find that banks’ lending falls when consumers and banks are anxious, and this effect is more pronounced …
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an appropriate design of technical solutions can provide an answer to some of the concerns of consumers. One goal of the …
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This paper presents numerical measures of European consumers’ inflation expectations derived on the basis of European … the paper the formation of expectations by consumers in European economies is examined, with a particular focus on …
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Consumers are using cash less often. This is especially the case in high-value transactions. However, the $1 Federal …
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This article deals with this issue in a relevant emerging market and in a pioneering manner. University students (n = 769), in São Paulo/Brazil, replied to a questionnaire about their credit card use habits. Using Logit models it was seen that there exist associations between personal...
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impact both on final consumers, legislators and producers from the food industry, involving large cost savings. With a food …
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830 million has harmed consumers by raising cardholder fees and reducing card benefits, without any improvement of …
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