In einer in Bezug auf Alter, Geschlecht, Bildung und regionale Verteilung repräsentativen Online-Befragung der Bevölkerung in Deutschland haben wir im Zeitraum vom 9. April bis zum 20. April 2020, also zu einem Höhepunkt der bisherigen Einschränkungen des öffentlichen und privaten Lebens...

Nach der ersten in Bezug auf Alter, Geschlecht, Bildung und regionale Verteilung repräsentativen On-line-Befragung der Bevölkerung in Deutschland zu ihrem Einkaufs-, Ernährungs- und Kochverhalten sowie zur Krisenfestigkeit des Ernährungssystems während des Lockdowns im April 2020 (Busch et...

Risk perception is an idiosyncratic process of interpretation. It is a highly personal process of making a decision based on an individual’s frame of reference that has evolved over time. The purpose of this paper is to find out the risk perception level of equity investors and to identify the...

9-ending prices are a dominant feature of many retail settings, which according to the existing literature, is because consumers perceive them as being relatively low. Are 9-ending prices really lower than comparable non 9-ending prices? Surprisingly, the empirical evidence on this question is...

This study offers new insights into the sustainable wine market by exploring consumers' perceptions of product attributes for six categories of wine that have characteristics of sustainability and one conventional wine. The study investigates product-attribute associations that French and...

Adding to the corruption-gender nexus, this paper contributes across several dimensions: (a) measurement of corruption by studying whether female managers and female owners of firms perceived corruption differently; (b) using survey information at the firm level; and (c) employing a large sample...

In 2017, Bahrain's Cabinet endorsed the country's first national renewable energy action plan. The plan included the installation of residential solar photovoltaic cells as a means of using renewable energy in government-built housing units. This was followed by the establishment of the...

Encouraging consumers to seek out and switch to lower-rate mortgages is important both for the individual consumer's finances and for functioning competitive markets, but switching rates are low. We conducted an experiment with mortgage-holders to test whether official advice on how to select...

Quantifying heterogeneity in consumers' misperceptions of product costs is crucial for policy design. We illustrate this point in the energy context and the design of Pigouvian policies. We estimate non-parametric distributions of perceptions of energy costs in the U.S. appliance market using a...

The implementation of bio-economy, respectively the transition from a fossil fuel-based development to an economy that uses biological resources and innovation in biological sciences requires the formulation of new strategies and policies focused on comprehensive analyzes. The aim of this study...

In the present society, the concept of bioeconomy emerged due to the need for a sustainable and responsible change regarding the impact mitigation of several factors on the environment. The rising consumption and the resulting emission of pollutants are interconnected with both economic and...

The subject of the paper is to investigate the hypothetical perceptions of the impact of negative externalities on the expansion and development of selected Adriatic seaports. The aim of the paper is to show that Adriatic seaports must accept and apply the integration strategy as a key business...