Recent studies find that cash remains a dominant payment choice for small-value transactions despite the prevalence of alternative methods of payment such as debit and credit cards. For policy makers an important question is whether consumers truly prefer using cash or merchants restrict card...

The media industry has undergone a fundamental shift over the last decade as new online distribution channels have proliferated in an unprecedented manner. Although mobile devices have experienced rapid adoption among consumers, their effect on consumer behavior and their subsequent implications...

Package size, plate shape, lighting, socializing, and variety are only a few of the environmental factors that can influence the consumption volume of food far more than most people realize. Although such environmental factors appear unrelated, they generally influence consumption volume by...

Reducing meat consumption has become a global policy target due to rising environmental, health, and animal welfare concerns. We provide novel evidence on how price change in real life affects grocery shopping behavior in the Netherlands. We focus on price-induced behavioral response among major...

Volatile gasoline prices are frequently mentioned in the press. Using more than thirty years of consumer sentiment data, we analyze the relationship between changes in gasoline prices and its impact on consumer sentiment. We find a negative relationship between changes in gasoline prices and its...

Advancements in online shopping for consumers requires consistent government support policies and the introduction of substantial government laws and regulations. In order to establish innovative developments in online shopping market environment that makes online shopping faster and stable, the...

Competition and the constant changes in technology and lifestyles have changed the face of banking in India. From a technological and cost-driven standpoint it may seem quite logical for banks to shift as many banking activities online as possible. Banking industry has revolutionised the...

This article aims to determine which variables have effect on the attendance frequency to live flamenco shows. Firstly we have done interviews to flamenco and music industry experts to achieve new-fangled variables in our analysis. Secondly, these variables were valued by flamenco consumers...

While audience and participation surveys, as well as econometric demand studies, generally confirm that performing arts audiences are relatively elite, there are surprises. Education (despite conflicting causal interpretations) is a stronger determinant than income, but that evidence is more...

This paper analyzes the factors that influence private e-commerce from the demand side in Spain. We use econometric models and a survey of 18,948 individuals for 2003, of which 5,273 are internet users. First, we analyze the determinants of the decision to purchase or not to purchase in the Web...