Over the last decade, the World has shown increased concern for climate change and energy security. The emergence of these issues has pushed many nations to pursue the development of clean domestic electricity production via renewable energy (RE) technologies. However, RE also comes with a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the effect of demographic and socioeconomic factors on the financial satisfaction of the individual investors in India, who belong to the urban socio-economic classification segment-A. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a sample of 374...

Reforms of indirect taxes, such as the recent changes in rates of value added tax (VAT) in the Czech Republic, change prices of products and services to which households can respond by adjusting their expenditures. I estimate the behavioural response of consumers to price changes in the Czech...

ILO pub. Article reviewing the findings of case studies of consumer behaviour with a view to testing the validity of certain assumptions regarding consumer efficiency, effects of choice of technology and choice of product and the availability of labour intensive techniques in Bangladesh,...

Business which determine the perception of its brand by consumers, will get the advantage in the competition. Todays difference and competitive advantage is determined by brands. With brand personality studies, businesses can find out their market position, brand perception and market share. In...

The consumers, today, are becoming increasingly conscious of environmental issues. This has a positive impact on their attitude towards the eco-friendly companies and products. However, the level of environmental consciousness in emerging economies like India is unknown. This study gives an...

We document some new stylised facts about how Australian homeowners value their homes using household panel data and unit-record data on home sale prices. We find that homeowners' price beliefs are unbiased at the postcode level, on average, although there is considerable dispersion in the...

Ces dernières années, plusieurs crises ont entamé la confiance des consommateurs dans la sécurité sanitaire de leur alimentation. Cette situation a favorisé plusieurs fausses alertes qui ont parfois entraîné de vraies crises. Nous étudions l’une de ces crises, survenue en 1999 suite...

When engaging in data transactions, it has consistently been observed that individuals' behaviour does not correspond with individuals' theoretically stated preferences about privacy and the importance of personal data. This paper considers this 'paradox'. First, through an analysis of selected...

Switching from conventional stoves to modern clean, safe, and efficient stoves will improve health and social welfare for the 2.7billion people worldwide that lack reliable access to modern energy services. In this paper, we critically review some key theoretical dimensions of household consumer...