We study the impact of expert reviews on the demand for HIV treatments. A novel feature of our study is that we observe two reviews for each HIV drug and focus attention on consumer responses when experts disagree. Reviews are provided by both a doctor and an activist in the HIV lifestyle...

We study the impact of expert reviews on the demand for HIV treatments. A novel feature of our study is that we observe two reviews for each HIV drug and focus attention on consumer responses when experts disagree. Reviews are provided by both a doctor and an activist in the HIV lifestyle...

Relationship marketing is based on the assumption of the customers’ commitment. This commitment may be multidimensional, with an affective dimension and a calculative one. Commitment is shown to be linked to trust. Relationship marketing has not paid a lot of attention to psychological...

Le marketing relationnel suppose un engagement de la part des consommateurs. Cet engagement peut être multiforme, i.e. affectif ou calculé, et repose largement sur la confiance accordée au prestataire de service. Le marketing relationnel s’est assez peu intéressé aux variables...

The service sector is developing fast as a result of the complex business environment, changes in the society and individual expectations. One of the fastest growing industries in the service sector is healthcare industry. In protecting people’s health, the quality of service is important...

This paper proposes to reveal the importance of health in accomplishing the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy. Acting within an internal and international environment, dynamic and often unpredictable, which has recently suffered profound changes, in order to survive, the health unit must be...

The objective of this paper is to assess the relationship between the health and the income from work of wage earners and self-employed workers in Cameroon. Health status is measured by a self-assessment of an individual's health; and income is measured by the monthly wage of the wage earners...

In this paper we address the long-run effects of childhood shocks on health in late adulthood. Applying a life-course approach and data from SHARE we estimate direct and indirect effects of shocks like relocation, dispossession, or hunger on health outcomes after age fifty. Having lived in a...

This paper examines the impact of outdoor and indoor pollution on children's health from birth until the age of three years in Germany. We use representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), combined with five air pollution levels. These data come from the Federal Environment...

We report evidence of long-term adverse health impacts of in utero exposure to malnutrition based on survivors in their 50s who were born during the China Famine that occurred in the years 1959-1961. We take advantage of recently available data provided by the China Health and Retirement...