Ceremonies are central to social life, yet the pressure to conform to community spending norms traps households in a collectively suboptimal equilibrium, imposing severe financial burdens. Using nationally and regionally representative longitudinal data from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, we...

This paper explores whether tax compliance would be affected if the tax payers are "status" seekers. If relative income is a symbol of relative status in a society, status concerned individuals would evade paying taxes more relative to the case where status is not a concern. However, such an...

Servitization is increasingly recognised as a key strategy for addressing the challenges of Remanufacturing, yet its role remains underexplored. This study responds to the growing call for research on the conditions under which Remanufacturing should be offered as a service- or as a...