Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between three personality traits (individualism, materialism and the “need for cognition”) and two characteristics of shoppers who buy private‐label brands (their predisposition to do so, and the importance they attach...

Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag liefert einen Uberblick über die Bedeutung asymmetrischer makroökonomischer Strukturen in den EWU Mitgliedsländern für die einheitliche Geldpolitik. Zunächst wird im Rahmen eines Modells illustriert, welche grundsätzliche Bedeutung asymmetrischen...

Abstract Recent decades have seen a major political shift in many nations, manifested in democratic regression, rise of populist non-liberal democracies, resurgence of extreme right, infractions against democratic watchdogs, and increasing nationalism and unilateralism. A central manifestation...

Consumer compulsive buying is an important area of inquiry in consumer behavior research. The importance of studying compulsive buying, stems, in part, from its nature as a negative aspect of consumer behavior. Specifically, exploring negative consumption phenomena could provide modified or new...

This study replicated an earlier study conducted in the USA and examined Israeli families’ decision making regarding various products and decision‐making stages. The results revealed that teenage children have influence over family purchases, particularly for products relevant to them (like...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to examine the impact of Israeli children on family decision making. Design/methodology/approach – Two studies were used, replicating two different approaches that have been used to measure children's influence with US children. In study one, a survey...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence tactics used by adolescent children and parental yielding to these tactics outside North America. Design/methodology/approach – Parents of children ages ten to 18 in Israel were surveyed. The questionnaire included questions on...

Purpose – This research is designed to characterize new generic consumers and assess their willingness to purchase generic brands in non‐generic product categories. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 500 generic consumers participated in the study. Participants were customers of two...