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The paper focuses on distributional consequences of macroeconomic adjustment. The preferences of economic agents over the level of the real exchange rate derived from standard models are monotonic, with agents favoring either an infinitely appreciated or depreciated rate. To generate less...
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The paper develops a simple three-sector model of a developing country with nominal wage rigidity, in which one sector is thought of as the primary sector and the other two are sectors in which the country can diversify. The paper then analyzes the relationship between the market structure of...
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This study examines Tennessee and Pennsylvania consumers market participation for environmentally certified hardwood … the effects of scope of certification and demographics on premium amounts, and builds profiles of consumers who are …, young, female and low-income consumers had consistently positive influence on willingness to pay. Consumers who indicated …
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on as higher prices to the consumer, with a longitudinal study of the European automotive market. Using a large data set … per unit costs for new cars are not supported, at least as far as the pass-through into retail or list prices are …
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price discriminate across markets based on the local wage of consumers. With price dispersion, the market price of a good … does not measure its resource cost. This breaks the tight link between relative quantities and relative prices implied by … most models. We show that volatile and persistent fluctuations in relative wages lead to volatile and persistent …
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's proposition, which was translated in a set of hypotheses. Findings – The results obtained indicated that consumers perceived …; variables that could exert influence on the impact of CSR on consumers' reactions; the influence of information sources about … opportunity to respond to their consumers' desires of feeling good about a purchase (incentivating CSR), while achieving their …
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Reports on a study in which 265 consumers were asked to assign price and quality estimates to women’s sweaters. Uses a …
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judgments of product prices. One important issue concerns whether consumers process price information in a similar way to that …Usually price information is presented as arabic numerals and consumers’ brand selections often involve comparative … communicate prices. This paper reports two studies that compare the processing of price with other numerical information.  …
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One main concern regarding the use of reference prices in advertisements relates to the possibility of deception due to … consumers' positive response towards exaggerated or implausible claims. This paper examines the moderating roles of a contextual … influencing consumer evaluation of reference prices across two experiments. The results support the hypothesized effects of need …
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