This paper highlights the moderating effect of retailer CSR perception and CSR contribution type on the relationship between advertised reference price (ARP) and consumer evaluations. A two-by-three between-subjects factorial design is employed with the manipulation of ARP and CSR contribution...

Integrating the embodied cognition framework with research on the self, this study shows that head canting (the vertical tilt of the head to look up vs. down) interacts with a viewer's physical height to influence perceived brand power and behavioral intentions. Three studies use a variety of...

A long Utilitarian tradition has the ideal of equal regard for all individuals, both those now living and those yet to be born. The literature formalizes this ideal as asking for a preference relation on the space of infinite utility streams that is complete, transitive, invariant to finite...

Hedonische Immobilienpreisindizes, die auf Transaktionsdaten basieren, stellen einen vielversprechenden Indikator für institutionelle Investoren dar. Ihr Vorteil ist, dass durch Qualitätsbereinigungen der Heterogenität der Immobilien besser Rechnung getragen werden kann. Üblicherweise gibt...

Der Dioxin-Skandal bei Futtermitteln, aber auch die fehlerhafte und interessengeleitete Beratung beim Kauf von Finanzdienstleistungen hat die Verbraucherpolitik in Misskredit gebracht. In der öffentlichen Debatte werden zunehmend rigidere Vorschriften für die Anbieter gefordert, aber auch mehr...

If a product has two dimensions of quality, one observable and one not, a firm can use observable quality as a signal of unobservable quality. The correlation between consumers' valuation of high quality in each dimension is a key determinant of the feasibility of such signaling. A firm may use...

Abstract This study presents results of the validation of an ultra-short survey measure of patience included in the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). Survey responses predict intertemporal choice behavior in incentive-compatible decisions in a representative sample of the German adult population.

Die EU-Kommission sieht in ihrer Roadmap 2050 vor, ab 2050 keine Fahrzeuge mehr mit Verbrennungsmotoren in den Städten zuzulassen. Der Verbrennungsmotor als Antrieb für Kraftfahrzeuge muss entsprechend mittelfristig durch andere Antriebsformen abgelöst werden. Dies geschieht nicht reibungslos...

This paper examines the dynamic process of quality adjustment in cases where the economy lacks a sufficient number of markets for coordinating the level of attributes that configure the qualities of products. It shows that an adjustment process through the development and selection of...