This paper addresses the credit card debt puzzle using a generalization of the buffer-stock consumption model with long …

During the Corona pandemic, access to reliable information is particularly relevant in order to be able to take … protective measures. However, migrants and refugees in transit and residence countries often lack such access to information …. This opens the opportunity for alternative sources of raising awareness and information. Corona Songs about COVID-19 and …

article provides a nuanced take on consumer credit by exploring the interaction between consumption, borrowing, and class … idea that borrowing is undertaken mainly for conspicuous consumption, the article's findings show that middle- income … families in Chile borrow to consume 'ordinary' goods. Through the consumption of these goods, the Chilean middle classes seek …

farmers. Technology adoption had a positive but statistically insignificant impact on welfare. Consumption and clothing …

compared with the findings of a questionnaire survey of 946 respondents which provides information about the current consumer … preferences of the Czech population in drinking wine. Wine consumption has shown stable growth over the last 20 years, as … demonstrated by primary research. The research has proven that wine consumption in the Czech Republic shows a faster growth rate …

services consumption. The author's research task was to find an answer to the question whether according to subjective opinions … of seniors in 2007, there were consumption restrictions caused primarily by the deterioration of the their material …

In this study, we assess the relationship between several tax items and consumption and income inequality levels. For … levels and consumption. In particular, we obtain threshold values for social security contributions between 9.50 and 11 … firms, in GDP terms, to decrease income inequalities, although that might hamper aggregate consumption. …