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image concerns of being perceived as a promise breaker play a role. In a controlled laboratory experiment, we vary the ex …
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image concerns of being perceived as a promise breaker play a role. In a controlled laboratory experiment, we vary the ex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010427680
Social norms permeate society across a wide range of issues and are important to understanding how societies function. In this paper we concentrate on 'bad' social norms - those that are inefficient or even damaging to a group. This paper explains how bad social norms evolve and persist; our...
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Internet services are often free of charge but ask for customers' personal data in exchange for usage. We experimentally study whether the provision of information-based public goods is susceptible to restraint when contributions not only make contributors better off but also enable a...
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We examine the relationship between the prices paid by households and their shopping patterns measured in terms of shopping frequency and the range of stores visited. We use the TNS data which allows us to control for household heterogeneity. The main contribution of the paper is that we find...
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Using data from three sources (a laboratory experiment, a field study, and a large US supermarket chain), we document a … prices. The data from the lab experiment and the field study suggest that shoppers are less likely to notice higher prices …
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Pay What You Want (PWYW) and Name Your Own Price (NYOP) are customerdriven pricing mechanisms that give customers (some) pricing power. Both have been used in service industries with high fixed capacity costs in order to appeal to additional customers by reducing prices without setting a...
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The compromise effect refers to individuals' tendency to choose intermediate options. Its existence has been demonstrated in a large number of hypothetical choice experiments. This paper uses field data from a specialties restaurant to investigate the existence and strength of the compromise...
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The paper aims to identify the link between the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the recent financial crisis, and to determine the main features of the companies’ responsible behavior during this period. This inquiry follows the pattern of a descriptive study and will concentrate on...
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Testing 429 valid questionnaires distributed in 20 green restaurants located in Taipei, Taichung, and Kaohsiung, this study explored the intentions of consumers to dine at green restaurants based on their perceptions of green restaurant attributes and their attitudes, subjective norms, and...
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