Purpose - This study is an attempt to apply the techniques of semiotics in conjunction with quantitative analysis to decode and interpret an advertisement which promotes the South Australian Barossa Valley as a tourist destination. Design/methodology/approach - A survey was submitted to a...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to study the factors that influence consumer behaviour through brand attachment, in the pet-friendly segment in Portugal. Pet-friendly tourism has stood out as a very recognized and valid tourism and marketing segment, growing worldwide, urging the complex...

A growing body of evidence suggests that FOMC announcements can affect private sector beliefs about near-term macroeconomic conditions. We measure index option trader beliefs about the short-horizon implications of central bank policy using the return of short-term dividend strips around each...

We study a multi-location model with financial market segmentation that permits self-fulfilling fluctuations. Such fluctuations are necessarily idiosyncratic, but their volatility varies systematically with an aggregate latent factor. We thus provide a coordination-based microfoundation for...

Using comprehensive balance-sheet data for Spain, we document the use of fixed-term and open-ended contracts by firms over the period 2004-2019. We show that the use of temporary contracts is very heterogeneous across firms, with the distribution of the temporary share being severely...

Reducing food waste in households can be accomplished by changing several types of behavior (e.g., meal planning, food shopping, food storage, food preparation, leftover management) and by leveraging several sources of consumer motivation (financial, environmental, norm adherence). Interventions...