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In the mood for [the right kind of] social marketing communication
Anghelcev, George; Sar, Sela - In: Journal of Social Marketing 4 (2014) 1, pp. 38-57
psychological characteristics of message recipients. This premise was tested in an experiment focused on why consumers may respond … issues. Design/methodology/approach – Hypotheses were tested in the context of an experiment focused on paper recycling …
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Explaining Speculative Expansions
Xiao, Wei - In: Contributions in Macroeconomics 4 (2004) 1
empirical data. Our results suggest that the speculation hypothesis has more explanatory power than the productivity hypothesis …
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Spekulation am Terminmarkt und die Preisentwicklung von Agrarrohstoffen am Kassamarkt: Eine Zeitreihenanalyse der CFTC Berichte für Weizen, Mais und Sojabohnen / Speculation in Fut...
Maul, Daniel; Fischer, Martin; Schiereck, Dirk - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 235 (2015) 6, pp. 608-629
Summary Over the last few years, rising prices and increasing price volatility of major agricultural food commodities were observed. This caused a debate among various organizations about who is responsible for this development. While many Non-Governmental Organizations proclaim that...
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Conventional futures: derivatives in Islamic law of contract
Uddin, Md Akther; Ahmad, Abu Umar Faruq - In: International Journal of Law and Management 62 (2020) 4, pp. 315-337
contract perspectives. The underlying theory and practice of Islamic finance is based on the principles of Islamic law of … does not exist, deferment in the both counter values, gharar or ambiguity and excessive risk taking, pure speculation and …
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When hedging fails: what every CEO should know about speculation
Tokic, Damir - In: Journal of Management Development 31 (2012) 8, pp. 801-807
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the theory of speculation to corporate executives. It is important … basics of speculation theory. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses the case of Southwest Airlines to illustrate how … excess speculation is always the primary cause of all bubbles, it is mandatory that corporate executives understand the …
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Characteristics and development of corporate and sovereign CDS
Bannier, Christina E.; Heidorn, Thomas; Vogel, Heinz-Dieter - In: The Journal of Risk Finance 15 (2014) 5, pp. 482-509
Purpose – This paper aims to provide an overview of the market for corporate and sovereign credit default swaps (CDS), with particular focus on Europe. It studies whether the subprime crisis of 2007/2008 and, particularly, the European debt crisis 2009/2010 led to a differential development on...
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From anticipation to anxiety in a market for lottery-like stocks
Boisen, Mikael; Durand, Robert B.; Gould, John - In: Review of Behavioral Finance 7 (2015) 1, pp. 42-59
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate a unique sample of lottery-like stocks and contextualize their short-run price behavior with respect to behavioral principles. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conduct a short-run event-study of the abnormal returns for stock...
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The usage of currency derivatives in multilateral banks
KAMAU, PHILIP; INANGA, ENO L.; RWEGASIRA, KAMI - In: Management Research Review 38 (2015) 5, pp. 482-504
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which multilateral banks (MBs) use currency derivatives (CDs) to hedge and speculate in managing currency risk. It aims to provide an empirical assessment of CDs products used by MBs as a group not studied before....
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Adherence: A Behavioral Economists' View
Möcker, Michael; Mann, Klaus - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 5 (2016) 4, pp. 41-53
Non-adherence to medical advice is a serious problem to patients, health policy and practitioners. This article outlines concepts of behavioral economics that might lead a patient to decide against the provider's recommendations and thus to be non-adherent. Especially the timing of pay-offs and...
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Does Impulsive Response to Internal and External Food Cues Lead to Higher Calorie Intake?: Self-Control and Food Intake
Asirvatham, Jebaraj - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 7 (2018) 1, pp. 14-34
Measuring the impact of self-control on caloric intake has proved challenging in non-experimental studies. In this article, we study the relationship between self-control and food intake quantified by calories. Using validated behavioral measures, we find that impulsivity increases caloric...
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