This paper discusses consequences of changing economic conditions and job characteristics for individual behaviour by means of addiction. The central assumption is that unwanted high consumption of health damaging goods leads to an income loss. If an individual has decided on his consumption...

Die Verbesserung der Energieeffizienz von Produkten und Dienstleistungen wird allgemein als effektive Strategie angesehen, um den heutigen Energieverbrauch zu reduzieren und energie- und klimapolitische Ziele zu erreichen. Die tatsächliche Reduktion des Energieverbrauches kann jedoch aufgrund...

Card issuers have mainly relied on rewards programs as their main strategic driver to increase electronic payments. However, there is scarce evidence on the effectiveness of rewards programs. This paper offers novel evidence on two key issues: i) it measures the impact of rewards programs on the...

This paper attempts to investigate empirically the strength of intra-city football club support and seeks to test the commonly held belief among the sports community that supporters will not switch allegiance between city rivals very readily. To test this phenomenon data on the attendances of...

Die vorliegende empirische Studie soll zeigen, wie sich Bonusprogramme, speziell Treueprogramme und Kundenkarten, auf das Einkaufsverhalten von Konsumenten im deutschen Lebensmitteleinzelhandel auswirken. Die Studie wurde von Bachelorstudenten des Studiengangs Business Administration der...