This study evaluates the impact of California's SB 328, the first statewide mandate delaying school start times for middle and high schools, on adolescent sleep, mental health, and academic outcomes. Using YRBS, ATUS, SEDA, and SAT data, we apply difference-in-differences and matched DID...

In this editorial, we discuss approaches to the empirical test of gain and loss cycles as described within Hobfoll's conservation of resources theory (COR). We present COR theory's basic assumptions about gain and loss cycles and critically discuss typical empirical studies that aim at testing...

The purpose of the study is to analyze the skills of software developers in delivering projects on time through the perception of 308 companies that have contracted the service in this area and are located in the Monterrey metropolitan area. A measurement instrument of 20 items was applied,...

The experience of waiting is ubiquitous in all areas of life, and sometimes a waiting experi ence is followed by decisions where morality matters. We present the results of a lab-in-the-field study to analyze the effects of (un)expected waiting duration on moral behavior. Passengers who had just...

In this paper I make an effort to formalize the possibility of transfer of financial capital across time zones to exploit the benefit of day night mismatch between two countries. The major precondition for such transaction is the completion of production, buying and selling of the product in...

In der Grundschulzeit erfolgen zentrale Weichenstellungen für die späteren Bildungswege junger Menschen in Deutschland. Einerseits werden während dieser Zeit die grundlegenden Fähigkeiten im Lesen, Schreiben und Rechnen erworben und andererseits endet mit ihrem Abschluss bereits das...

Kunden verhalten sich unterschiedlich abhängig von der Tageszeit, dem Wochentag oder der Jahreszeit. Allerdings wurde der Einfluss dieser zeitlichen Faktoren auf das Kundenverhalten bisher kaum erforscht. In dieser Studie wird untersucht, inwiefern Zeiteffekte im Online-Verhalten von...