positive impact on consumption (by reducing precautionary saving). Takeaways •The strength of the labour market and the rising …

This paper explores the extent of consumption smoothing between 1981 and 1985 in rural Burkina Faso. In particular, we … examine the extent to which livestock, grain storage and interhousehold transfers are used to smooth consumption against … effectiveness of these various insurance mechanisms when they are the most needed. We find evidence of little consumption smoothing …

to collect, process, and share information about their own status and about their environment, has attained a high degree … information asymmetries concerning individual risk this has positive efficiency effects. Simultaneously with the improvement of … gain relevance. The comprehensiveness of collected pieces of information which can be stored arbitrarily long and …

literature is marred by poor controls for the common drivers both of house prices and consumption, including income, income … price boom, failure to control for the direct effect of credit liberalization on consumption canover-estimate the effect of … housing wealth or collateral on consumption. This paper suggests an empirical model grounded in theory with more complete …

organisations gain true value from the adoption and consumption of M-Business into their personal and working lives. Marketing to … rates, whereas research in Information Systems (IS) often focuses on quantitatively predicting its adoption and usage by …

Research into adoption, acceptance and consumption of Information Technology (IT) within its diffusion cycle has been … extensively studied in Information Systems (IS) and marketing. However, research often focused too narrowly on technology adoption … experiences towards technology adoption and consumption present and future. It provides a novel multi-disciplinary and practical …