Normative models of choice assert axiomatically that preferences are consistent, coherent, and determined only by relevant alternatives. In contrast to this classical economic perspective, behavioral models derived from research in psychology and consumer behavior assert that preferences are not...

The factor-element impact model is a normative, theory-based contingency model. It is concerned with identifying the factors that affect the success of total quality management (TQM) initiatives in construction projects. This model is based upon organizational theory, utilizing an interactionist...

In constraining the statistical physics models of emergency evacuation, difference between real-life escape panic and simulated experiment is one of the key issues. We collected and analyzed some of the video recordings of the May 12, 2008, Wenchuan magnitude 8.0 earthquake in southwest China....

In terms of human behavior, company and government policy, it is proposed that the ecological behavior of human being is the basis of influence on the ecological environment construction in Poyang Lake and measures to ensure the sustainable development of ecological environment in Poyang Lake.

This survey explores the contributions of behavioral economics, laboratory experiments, and field experiments to our understanding of the economics of trust, trustworthiness, and reciprocal behavior. A general summary presenting the evolution of trust and reciprocity, departing from pure...

The acceptability of behavior is evaluated according to the social norms of social control is adjusted. Personality types of individuals are part of human behavior is the most important issue that creates a certain type of behavior, always a topic of analysis and discussion for a lot of...

We describe a candid model for learning, why and how learning transpires. We investigate the original as well as the leading conditions of the learning process. We provide an insight into the realm of beliefs and their formation, their interaction and influence with the actor’s environment. In...

This paper investigates how attitudes toward the United States are affected by the provision of information. We use an experimentally generated panel of attitudes, obtained by providing urban Pakistanis with fact-based statements describing the United States in either a positive or negative...

We develop a new methodology for estimating the importance of herd behavior in financial markets. Specifically, we build a structural model of informational herding that can be estimated with financial transaction data. In the model, rational herding arises because of information-event...