This paper empirically examines factors influencing consumers' evaluation and adoption intention of really new products. Combining construal level theory with literature on new product evaluation and adoption, we found an asymmetry in the conditional importance of benefit and cost, both as...

We consider estimating the variance of a general U-statistic when it is used as an unbiased estimator of the parameter of interesttheta=E(K) where K is the kernel function. Long established results demonstrate the asymptotic normality of U-statistics and their asymptotic variance under...

Libya’s popular revolution of 2011 has unleashed the potential for more diverse and inclusive growth. In the short term, the country faces the complex and costly tasks of rebuilding its economy, infrastructure, and institutions, and responding to the demands of its population, especially for...

The bargaining process and its role in price discovery within the Pacific Northwest asparagus industry is analyzed using a general empirical bargaining model. Growers’ and processors’ inverse supply and demand functions define boundaries for the negotiated prices. OLS and Heckman’s two-stage...