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Sustainability and the problem of consumption
Witt, Ulrich - 2011
Strong growth in disposable income has inflated consumption to unprecedented, but not sustainable levels. In this process consumer behavior has been changing. To explain the driving forces of this development, the paper introduces a theory of evolving consumer preferences that is molded in an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009382899
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The influence of induced care and anger motives on behavior, beliefs and perceptions in a public goods game
Bartke, Simon; Bosworth, Steven; Snower, Dennis J.; … - 2016
This study analyzes the stability of preferences through the lens of psychological motives. We report the results of a public goods experiment in which subjects were induced with the motives of Care and Anger through autobiographical recall. Subjects' preferences, beliefs, and perceptions under...
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Understanding markets with socially responsible consumers
Kaufmann, Marc; Andre, Peter; Kőszegi, Botond - 2023
Many consumers care about climate change and other externalities associated with their purchases. We analyze the behavior and market effects of such "socially responsible consumers" in three parts. First, we develop a flexible theoretical framework to study competitive equilibria with rational...
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Defaults and donations : evidence from a field experiment
Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Heidhues, Paul; … - 2018
We study how defaults affect charitable donations. In a field experiment that was conducted on a large online platform for charitable giving, we exogenously vary the default options in the donation form in two distinct choice dimensions. The first pertains to the primary donation decision,...
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The dynamics of consumer behavior and the transition to sustainable consumption patterns
Witt, Ulrich - 2011
Strong growth in disposable income has driven, and is still driving, consumption to unprecedented, but not sustainable levels. To explain the dynamic interplay of needs, need satisfaction, and innovation underlying that growth a behavioral theory of consumption is suggested and discussed with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008935663
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A political economy of reorientation new theory and policy for the recovery
Tuinen, Henk K. van - In: Central European review of economics and management : CEREM 5 (2021) 2, pp. 7-53
Aim: The article aims at developing an economic theory of reorientation. As Western subjects are disoriented by long-time systematic commercial manipulation of their preferences, the theory focuses on new concepts of endogenous preferences and on the process of preference manipulation and its...
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Priming in economics
Cohn, Alain; Maréchal, Michel André - 2016
Conceptual priming has become an increasingly popular tool in economics. Here, we review the literature that uses priming in incentivized experiments to study economic questions. We mainly focus on the role of social identity, culture, and norms in shaping preferences and behavior. We also...
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Incentivizing motivation and self-control preferences
Hirt-Schierbaum, Linda; Ivets, Maryna - 2021
In this paper we develop a theoretical model concerning self-control, motivation and commitment. The model, based on …, inferior and has to exercise self-control to resist temptation. A random, time-variant degree of motivation is introduced to …In diesem Papier entwickeln wir ein theoretisches Modell bezüglich Selbstkontrolle, Motivation und Selbstverpflichtung …
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Do people behave in experiments as in the field? : evidence from donations
Benz, Matthias (contributor); Meier, Stephan (contributor) - 2006 - This version: January 31, 2006
Laboratory experiments are an important methodology in economics, especially in the field of behavioral economics. However, it is still debated to what extent results from laboratory experiments can be applied to field settings. One highly important question with respect to the external validity...
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Testing consumer theory : evidence from a natural field experiment
Adena, Maja; Huck, Steffen; Rasul, Imran - 2017
We present evidence from a natural field experiment designed to shed light on whether individual behavior is consistent with a neoclassical model of utility maximization subject to budget constraints. We do this through the lens of a field experiment on charitable giving. We find that the...
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