The nature of learning processes as well as evolutionary considerations suggest that aesthetic judgement is of central importance in the formation of custom. Learning and extrapolation rely on evaluations of non-instrumental features like simplicity, analogy, straightforwardness, and clarity....

We use data from the 11 waves of the U.S. Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development 1991-2005, following children from ages 6 months through 15 years. Observers rated videos of them, obtaining measures of looks at each age. Given their family income, parents’ education, race/ethnicity...

This study considers the extent to which architectural design is capitalised into commercial rents, with the goal of understanding whether passers-by value aesthetic features of the public realm. To this end, it uses Google Streetview data on the ornateness of London facades, and uses a town...

Vesalius wrote nothing about the aesthetics of the anatomical illustrations found in his De humani corporis fabrica (1543). There are, however, two passages in this work that offer a starting point for an investigation into the illustration’s idealised style. In discussing the body that is...

Using data from three waves of Add Health we find that being very attractive reduces a young adult's (ages 18-26) propensity for criminal activity and being unattractive increases it for a number of crimes, ranging from burglary to selling drugs. A variety of tests demonstrate that this result...

When people coordinate in one-shot, pure coordination games they rely on existing concepts of salience. In an experiment with pure coordination games, concepts of salience emerged when players were given a set of different but related coordination problems with randomly generated labels. The...

Spending time in a forest benefits human health and well-being. Based on the forest spatial types (forest interior and forest edge spaces), landscape elements (architecture, water and roads) and forest stands (coniferous, broadleaf and bamboo forests), this study used the Short-version Revised...

The aesthetic appeal of a product has the power to impact the mindset of the consumers. Aesthetics has the charisma to gain a larger foothold of the market by interplaying with strategic pricing techniques. Thousands and thousands of edible food products are left for decomposition in landfills...

Parallel imports of gray products across markets are a worldwide concern for manufacturers. Extant research has focused on parallel imports of regular goods that do not provide status value. In this paper, we investigate parallel imports of conspicuously consumed status goods. We consider a...

We all find aesthetics pleasing. Attractive people get a head start in their careers. Attractive packaging grabs our attention. Given this effect aesthetic has been an area of intense research both in psychology and in consumer behavior. Yet although we know much about the aesthetic appeal of...

Aesthetics are critically important to market acceptance. In the automotive industry, an improved aesthetic design can boost sales by 30% or more. Firms invest heavily in designing and testing aesthetics. A single automotive “theme clinic” can cost over $100,000, and hundreds are conducted...

From the perspective of live commerce consumers in South Korea, this study aimed to investigate the changes in consumer interest since the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. To this end, a consumer perception survey on live commerce was conducted. Further, this study...

The paper analyses the role of social media in shifting the climate change discourse in the North Atlantic region. Changes in the media environment have removed traditional gatekeepers of information dissemination and empowered new kinds of actors to reach large audiences. Yet, the techniques...

The nature of learning processes as well as evolutionary considerations suggest that aesthetic judgement is of central importance in the formation of custom. Learning and extrapolation rely on evaluations of non-instrumental features like simplicity, analogy, straightforwardness, and clarity....

The paper studies the causal impact of participation in an active labor market program - the "Beautiful Serbia" program providing training and temporary work in the construction sector in Serbia and Montenegro - on measures of subjective well-being approximating individual welfare. According to...

Beauty has been used as a fast and frugal heuristic, and therefore an important determinant of choice, as highlighted in research by Hamermesh. In a world of asymmetric information, beauty represents a proxy for objective characteristics or an object of desire, according to an individual's...

The paper analyses the role of social media in shifting the climate change discourse in the North Atlantic region. Changes in the media environment have removed traditional gatekeepers of information dissemination and empowered new kinds of actors to reach large audiences. Yet, the techniques...

We all find aesthetics pleasing. Attractive people get a head start in their careers. Attractive packaging grabs our attention. Given this effect aesthetic has been an area of intense research both in psychology and in consumer behavior. Yet although we know much about the aesthetic appeal of...

What do events such as scandals, industrial accidents, activist threats, and mass shootings have in common? They can all trigger an audience's stigma judgment about the organization involved in the event. Despite the prevalence of these stigma-triggering events, management research has provided...