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The literature on online product reviews is based on the fundamental premise that reviews impact search costs and also affect consumer confidence in their purchase decisions. However, this premise has not been proven in the literature. To this end we conducted an experiment using an eye-tracking...
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Both organic production and the use of biotechnology have increased dramatically over the past decade. This study contributes to existing work on consumer acceptance of these practices and the resulting products through the use of twin survey instruments. Respondents indicated their level of...
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processing. Based on a trust and meat consumption framework, Canadian household’s actual meat purchases are linked to answers …
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This study aims to analyze and evaluate the influence of electronic word of mouth (eWOM) and perceived value on green purchase intention in Vietnam, with the belief that it plays an intermediary role. The article uses the linear structural model (SEM) to analyze and test hypotheses by surveying...
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; precautionary saving ; consumption smoothing ; household portfolios ; portfolio allocation ; optimal unemployment insurance …Using administrative panel data from Norway, we investigate the development of household labor income, financial wealth … precautionary saving and a shift toward safer assets in the years leading up to unemployment, and depletion of savings during …
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consumption of up to 23 euros depending on the household's position in the income distribution. Our findings suggest that changing … households who are perceived to be richer, on household savings and consumption. When controlling for own income as well as …
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Is financial literacy a substitute or complement for financial advice? In this paper we analyze the decision by consumers to seek financial advice in the form of credit counseling concerning their credit and debt. Credit counseling is an important component of the consumer credit sector for...
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We use UK household survey data incorporating measures of financial literacy and behavioural characteristics to analyse … the puzzling co-existence of high cost revolving consumer credit alongside low yield liquid savings in household balance … the household. Our results lend empirical support to theoretical models in which sophisticated households co-hold as a …
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structured questionnaire as part of the Italian Survey of Household Income and Wealth for 2012, which consists of a sample of 8 …
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This study examines the impact of a joint financial literacy and women’s empowerment training programme on household … financial literacy on household consumption is influenced by the design and delivery of the programme. A weaker impact is … training on household consumption is achieved through the inclusion of a women’s empowerment module. The joint delivery of the …
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