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The Lexus or the Olive Tree? Trading Off Between Global Convergence and Local Divergence
van Ittersum, Koert; Wong, Nancy Y. - 2010
To operate effectively in global markets, marketing managers need to understand that consumer response to globalization may be more complex than is commonly assumed. We examine a proposed conceptual framework to describe consumers' responses to globalization through a cross-national survey on...
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That's just - not fair : gender differences in notions of justice
Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015
In Becker et al. (2013a,b) haben wir eine Theorie eingeführt, die das Verhalten in Diktatorspielen als Kombination aus … Eigennutz und Gerechtigkeitsvorstellung erklärt. Die Theorie wurde mit Diktatorspielen, Sozialer-Planer-Spielen, und Schleier … Verhalten beim Abgeben von Geld. Die Unterschiede in den Gerechtigkeitsvorstellungen zwischen Männern und Frauen sind noch …
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That's just : not fair ; gender differences in notions of justice
Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015
In Becker et al. (2013a,b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences...
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Savings by and for the poor : a research review and agenda
Karlan, Dean; Ratan, Aishwarya Lakshmi; Zinman, Jonathan - 2013
The poor can and do save, but often use formal or informal instruments that have high risk, high cost, and sub-optimal design. This could lead to undersaving compared to a world without market or behavioral frictions. Undersaving has important welfare consequences: variable consumption, low...
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Savings by and for the poor : a research review and agenda
Karlan, Dean; Ratan, Aishwarya Lakshmi; Zinman, Jonathan - 2014
The poor can and do save, but often use formal or informal instruments that have high risk, high cost, and limited functionality. This could lead to undersaving compared to a world without market or behavioural frictions. Undersaving can have important welfare consequences: variable consumption,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010339591
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Illegal migration and consumption behavior of immigrant households
Dustmann, Christian; Fasani, Francesco; Speciale, Biagio - 2016
We analyze the effect of immigrants' legal status on their consumption behavior using unique survey data that samples both documented and undocumented immigrants. To address the problem of sorting into legal status, we propose two alternative identification strategies as exogenous source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444496
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Illegal migration and consumption behavior of immigrant households
Dustmann, Christian; Fasani, Francesco; Speciale, Biagio - 2016
We analyze the effect of immigrants' legal status on their consumption behavior using unique survey data that samples both documented and undocumented immigrants. To address the problem of sorting into legal status, we propose two alternative identification strategies as exogenous source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011500544
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Nutrition effects of the supermarket revolution on urban consumers and smallholder farmers in Kenya
Qaim, Matin; Andersson, Camilla I. M.; Chege, Christine … - 2014
Food systems in developing countries are transforming, involving a rapid expansion of supermarkets. This supermarket revolution may affect dietary patterns and nutrition, but empirical evidence is scarce. The few existing studies have analyzed implications for food consumers and producers...
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Illegal migration and consumption behavior of immigrant households
Dustmann, Christian; Fasani, Francesco; Speciale, Biagio - 2015
We analyze the effect of immigrants' legal status on their consumption behavior using unique survey data that samples both documented and undocumented immigrants. To address the problem of sorting into legal status, we propose two alternative identification strategies as exogenous source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405309
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Keep it real : measuring real inequality using survey data from developing countries
Beck, Ulrik - 2015
This paper investigates how two effects drive wedges between nominal and real inequality estimates. The effects are caused by (i) differences in the composition of consumption over the income distribution coupled with differential inflation of consumption items; and (ii) quantity discounting...
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