This article investigates how two dimensions of psychological distance (i.e., temporal distance and social distance) jointly affect consumers' evaluations of products. Drawing on the properties of psychological distance and diminishing sensitivity to the increase in distance, we show an...

This paper investigates the impact of environmental regulation on firms’ position and production stages along global value chains. By combining rich data sources including customs trade data, industrial firm data, Chinese Input-Output table, and pollution data, we exploit a...

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) is a promising technology being applied to treat industry wastewater, while the commonly coexistent heavy metals and salinity usually become the challenging issue to be addressed. In this study, the responses of anammox sludge to the combined stress of...

People are said to be loss averse when their pain of losing something exceeds their joy of gaining it. This research proposes and tests a new moderator of loss aversion: the type of relationship norms salient at the time the loss or the gain is experienced. We suggest that mere salience of the...

Two different sugar yield definitions (cellulose-based and biomass-based) were used in reported studies investigating the relationship between biomass particle size and enzymatic hydrolysis sugar yield. It is noticed that these reported relationships are not consistent if sugar yield is defined...

In three sets of experiments, we propose and find a cognitive shift caused by heightened physiological states such as sexual desire and hunger. In particular, it was found that exposure to images of sexy women decreases male consumers’ perception of being connected to others. A similar effect...

The purpose of this study is to identify attitude differences between smokers and non‐smokers regarding smoking in restaurants and existing smoking by‐laws. The findings can assist restaurant managers to resolve the dilemma of in‐restaurant smoking. Qualitative research methods were used...

Land use (LU) policies exert a profound influence on socio-economic dynamics. However, the intricate relationship between these two aspects has yet to receive comprehensive examination, especially when focusing on specific LU types and smaller-scale geographical regions. We, therefore, elucidate...