During the Greek debt crisis after 2010, the German government insisted on harsh austerity measures. This led to a rapid cooling of relations between the Greek and German governments. We compile a new index of public acrimony between Germany and Greece based on newspaper reports and internet...

Do political tensions affect economic relations? In particular, does politics significantly affect consumer choices? Firms are often threatened by consumer boycotts that pretend to modify their business strategies and behavior. Sometimes these are caused by general political conflicts. The main...

During the Greek debt crisis after 2010, the German government insisted on harsh austerity measures. This led to a rapid cooling of relations between the Greek and German governments. We compile a new index of public acrimony between Germany and Greece based on newspaper reports and internet...

Consumer boycotts and international economic sanctions represent a frequent tool to protest against countries for their violation of human rights. This paper questions if such a kind of action hurts more the populations it is supposed to defend than governing classes it is targeting. Overall,...

Consumer boycotts and international economic sanctions represent a frequent tool to protest against countries for their violation of human rights. This paper questions if such a kind of action hurts more the populations it is supposed to defend than governing classes it is targeting. Overall,...

Even if reactions to foreign goods are measured by means of various conceptual structures, few studies approach the question from the point of view of boycotts. Responding to this scarcity and with the aid of netnography, this study examines antecedents of consumer boycotts of foreign goods. The...

We study a consumer boycott on cottage cheese that was organized in Israel on Facebook in the summer of 2011 following a steep increase in prices after price controls were lifted in 2006. The boycott led to an immediate decline in prices which stayed low more than three years after the boycott....

Do political tensions affect economic relations? In particular, does politics significantly affect consumer choices? Firms are often threatened by consumer boycotts that pretend to modify their business strategies and behavior. Sometimes these are caused by general political conflicts. The main...

Im Zeitabschnitt von 1960 bis 1992 entwickelte sich die Mineralölsteuer von der siebt- zur drittstärksten Steuer. Dabei ist Benzin die wichtigste Bemessungsgrundlage zur Besteuerung. Die steuerpolitische Rechnung ging bislang in zweierlei Hinsicht auf. Zum einen wurde trotz Steuererhöhung...

Auf starke Erhöhungen der Tabaksteuer auf Zigaretten haben die Konsumenten zunehmend allergisch reagiert. Im Durchschnitt wurden je potentiellem, Verbraucher anläßlich von Steuererhöhungen bis zu 350 Fabrikzigaretten weniger abgesetzt, dafür bis zu 180 Selbstgedrehte mehr konsumiert....