The authors argue that behavior in economic contexts will be better understood when it is taken into account that contexts can evoke self-regulatory strategies reflecting a promotion or prevention focus and that such contexts meet individuals with preferences for a specific kind of...

The present research relates recent research on the ease of retrieval heuristic to the impact of negative stereotypic expectations on test performance. It is argued that when individuals recall information that supports negative stereotypic expectations, this activation may impair test...

In order to obtain reliable irradiation data for the design, operation and economic assessment of solar power stations, a measurement campaign has been performed in Jordan. As promising sites the desert near Quwairah in the South of Jordan, the stony desert South East of Amman and the elevated...

Children are important targets of advertising campaigns from companies. However, children have been found to be particularly vulnerable to negative effects of advertising, and protecting children from these effects is an important task of consumer policy. Two important aspects have to be...