We study how deposit rate shocks transmit across banking markets through digital social ties. Depositors' inattention implies that households react to outside rate changes only when social networks make these changes salient, inducing connected banks to raise their own rates. Using merger-driven...

This paper aims to analyze whether chief executive officer (CEO) characteristics are linked with corporate decisions to hire external auditors with forensic accounting skills.The research explores how attributes such as CEO education, compensation, age and duality influence this corporate...

Global food waste remains a major challenge to the sustainability of agri-food systems. Although substantial research has quantified food waste, identified its drivers, and evaluated its environmental consequences, few studies have explored the role of consumer cognition and dependence on food...