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Determinants of Financial Literacy among German Students: An Empirical Analysis

Riebe, Katharina - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 89 (2020) 4, pp. 39-53

Financial literacy is very important for social participation. This paper presents an empirical evaluation of the determinants of financial literacy among students at a German university. An additional goal is the identification of gender differences in respect to financial literacy. The...

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Socioeconomic and policy determinants of mobility during COVID-19: Evidence from Indonesian cities

Khoirunurrofik, Khoirunurrofik; Abdurrachman, Faris; … - In: Journal of Urban Management 11 (2022) 4, pp. 424-436

Government interventions to limit the spread of the COVID-19 disease have decreased mobility, which, in turn, impacts aggregate economic activity. Understanding mobility during the COVID-19 pandemic may serve as a proxy for understanding its economic impact. This study aims to examine the...

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Risks of observable and unobservable biases in artificial intelligence predicting consumer choice

Teleaba, Florian; Popescu, Sorin; Olaru, Marieta; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 23 (2021) 56, pp. 102-119

Companies are increasingly adopting Artificial Intelligence (AI) today. Recently however debates started over the risk of human cognitive biases being replicated (and scaled) by AI. Research on biases in AI predicting consumer choice is incipient and focuses on observable biases. We provide a...

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The Market for Ideas and Its Validation Filters: Scientific Truth, Economic Profit and Political Approval

Jora, Octavian-Dragomir; Apavaloaei, Matei Alexandru; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 24 (2022) Special Issue No. 16, pp. 884-911

"The market for ideas" is placed by scholars and commoners between literary metaphors and catchy paraphrases. However, economics and political science, in addition to the sciences of cognition and communication, have at least something to say about the concept. The marketplaces of ideas entail a...

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Economic policy uncertainty and investment in Spain

Dejuan-Bitria, Daniel; Ghirelli, Corinna - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 3, pp. 351-388

-related uncertainty reduces corporate investment through increases in precautionary savings or to worsening of credit conditions. …

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Million dollar personality: a systematic literature review on personality in crowdfunding

Neuhaus, Julia; Isaak, Andrew; Bostandzic, Denefa - In: Management Review Quarterly 72 (2021) 2, pp. 309-345

Expressed personality traits can play a pivotal role in convincing investors in crowdfunding. Our study answers the research question: What is the current body of knowledge regarding the relationship between personality factors and crowdfunding success and where are knowledge gaps where the...

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Information load in escalation situations: combustive agent or counteractive measure?

Roetzel, Peter Gordon; Pedell, Burkhard; Groninger, Daniel - In: Journal of Business Economics 90 (2020) 5-6, pp. 757-786

This experimental study analyzes how a key factor, information load, influences decision making in escalation situations, i.e., in situations in which decision makers reinvest further resources in a losing course of action, even when accounting information indicates that the project is...

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The role of individual ambidexterity for organizational performance: examining effects of ambidextrous knowledge seeking and offering

Schnellbächer, Benedikt; Heidenreich, Sven - In: The Journal of Technology Transfer 45 (2020) 5, pp. 1535-1561

Empirical research has confirmed positive effects of organizational ambidexterity for companies’ long-term performance. More recent research has shifted the focus from organizational level exploration and exploitation to the individual in order to understand psychological micro-foundations of...

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Die Kreditbeziehung als Mittel zur Verhaltensbeeinflussung

Borner, Harald - In: Kredit und Kapital 32 (1999) 3, pp. 461-480

Credit Relations as an Instrument for Influencing the Behaviour of Customers An Overview On the basis of various models … for credit contracts, capital structure and financial intermediation, the present contribution discusses the possibilities … inherent in credit relations for influencing the behaviour of customers. It turns out that several precautions for influencing …

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Unpaid Overtime in Germany: Differences between East and West

Anger, Silke - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch 125 (2005) 1, pp. 17-27

Although the standard work week is longer in East than in West Germany, there is a higher incidence and average amount of unpaid overtime worked in the new states. We try to explain the striking differences in unpaid overtime by analyzing the labor supply side. We focus on the investment...

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