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An economic theory of religious belief
Strulik, Holger - 2016
In this paper I consider how individuals allocate their time between church attendance (and other religious activities) and secular leisure activities. Moreover individuals use a cognitive style, which is either intuitive-believing or reflective-analytical. I assume that the full benefit from...
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Trust and beliefs among Europeans : cross-country evidence on perceptions and behavior
Dieckmann, Anja; Fischbacher, Urs; Grimm, Veronika; … - 2015
We conduct an experimental study among European citizens regarding cross-cultural perceptions related to trust in two dimensions: volunteerism and honesty. We use representative samples from five major economies of the Euro area: France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain. We find that...
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Which social categories matter to people : an experiment
Adnan, Wifag; Arin, Kerim Peren; Charness, Gary; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 193 (2022), pp. 125-145
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Reveal it or conceal it: on the value of second opinions in a low-entry-barriers credence goods market
Bindra, Parampreet Christopher; Kerschbamer, Rudolf; … - 2020
field experiment in the market for computer repairs. We find that revealing a second opinion from another expert to the …
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Countering misinformation with targeted messages : experimental evidence using mobile phones
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2021
Widespread misconceptions can be critical, especially in times of crisis. Through a field experiment, we study how to … into either Muslim or Hindu, guaranteeing exogenous variation in religion concordance between messenger and recipient … misconceptions are observed only when there is religion concordance and mainly for religious-salient misconceptions. Correcting …
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The causal effect of religious and environmental identity on green preferences : a combined priming and stated choice experiment
Engler, Daniel; Groh, Elke D.; Ziegler, Andreas - 2019 - Preliminary version
Using a stated choice experiment, we find that a prime that makes environmental identity salient makes people behave …. Methodologically, our study combines for the first time a priming experi-ment with a stated choice (SC) experiment and uses a …
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Cancel Culture and Consumer Behavior About Values-aligned Brands
Makridis, Christos - 2023
There has been a surge in political polarization and discrimination based on religious and political attitudes in the … associated with religious and political discrimination …
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Theravada Buddhism and Thai luxury fashion consumption
Mao, Ning; McAleer, Michael - 2017
This paper reviews the Thai national character according to Hofstede's cultural dimension theory and Komin's nine values cluster (Psychology of the Thai people), analyses the social hierarchy of Thai consumers according to the Luxury 4P Taxonomy (Han et al., 2010), integrates the Theory of...
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Impact of psychological needs on luxury consumption
Mao, Ning; McAleer, Michael; Bai, Shuyu - 2017
This paper examines the impact of psychological needs on luxury consumption. Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class (1899) invented the term "conspicuous consumption" to describe luxury goods and services, in which Veblen indicated the purpose of luxury consumption was to display wealth and social...
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The Culture of Consumerism : A Catholic and Personalist Critique
Beabout, Gregory R.; Echeverria, Eduardo J. - 2006
In this article, we present an understanding and critique of consumerism in the tradition of Christian social thought that is both Catholic and personalist. We consider various approaches to the problem of consumerism. Is consumerism simply the necessary result of the modern capitalist economy?...
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