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random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed …
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To evaluate how occurring critical incidents change customer perceptions of brand personality, this study measures the impact on the basis of an online experiment. For this purpose, 1,132 usable responses are gathered considering the smartphone brands of Apple and Nokia as well as different...
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Modern smartphones come with high computing power, a variety of sensors and customization abilities that allow creation of a range of practical applications (apps). These features, coupled with the mobility and accessibility in terms of cost that smartphones offer, make them a potential...
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India being the second-highest producer of smartphones in the world, has been exploring ways to make the digital tool … peripherals of the country but the rural areas as well. India's rural internet user base has grown over three times faster and is … familiarity of rural India with smartphones make it an ideal platform to deliver information and services that encompass the …
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achieve fair and sustainable development. India's development trajectory is critically linked to investments in healthcare and … services offered by the ICDS across the lengths and breadth of the country. They cater to India's challenge of providing … on a wide range of other outcomes that extend far beyond school. In recent years India has made significant progress in …
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Indicators of trust, confidence, optimism or sentiment among consumers and/or investors, are published continuously in the mass media. More importantly, these indices seem not only to reflect how the state of the real economy is perceived by private agents, but can also help predict the future...
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Following the Euro changeover in January 2002, consumers across the Euro Area perceived a sharp rise in inflation, in contrast to official figures. Several theories have been advanced to explain this apparent economic illusion, but they struggle to account for its striking scale and persistence....
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The outcome of the economic performance of individuals is utilised in the form of consumption and consequent welfare. Despite this truism, there is relatively little information available on household consumption behaviour in Hungary stemming from investigations based on economic theory. The...
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We investigate the life cycle patterns of households’spending on medium value durables. We use panel data on expenditures on appliances and consumer electronics the British Household Panel Study between 1997 and 2008. In cross section, expenditures for appliances and consumer electronics...
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Competition in public utility sectors has been encouraged in recent years throughout Europe. In this paper we try and analyse the welfare effects of these reforms in Italy, with particular attention to water and energy goods. The first step is to introduce a sensible measure of affordability of...
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