We examine Swiss retail investors' willingness to pay (WTP) for sustainable finance products and the influence of bank advisor certification. In a hypothetical choice experiment with a randomized controlled trial (RCT), we assigned participants to either a priming treatment with a bank advisor...

Almost every food retailer offers them - temporary loyalty programs (TLPs). TLPs aim to enhance customer loyalty by offering enticing, product-based incentives. However, an emerging concern arises regarding the sustainability impact of these programs, and consumers have started questioning the...

The manuscript investigates whether the individual personality trait, Fear of Missing Out (FOMO)-typically considered negative-influences the willingness of individuals to contribute to Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), a phenomenon that emerged after the blockchain revolution. We conducted both...

We investigate the extent to which asylum policies that aim to deter individuals from migrating irregularly in fact do so. We specifically consider effects of Germany's recent and high-profile asylum policy adjustments, which include accelerated asylum decision processes, the prospect of asylum...

We investigate the extent to which asylum policies that aim to deter individuals from migrating irregularly in fact do so. We specifically consider effects of Germany's recent and high-profile asylum policy adjustments, which include accelerated asylum decision processes, the prospect of asylum...

Sustainability ratings help consumers understand the environmental impact of their purchases. Such ratings have increased the consumers' sustainable choices in the electrodomestics and housing markets. In the particular case of energy labels, sustainable products are also associated with private...

Objective: The objective of the article is to explore the investment decision criteria of venture capitalists (VCs) in the cellular agriculture industry, focusing particularly on the initial screening phase. It seeks to understand the relative importance of various criteria that VCs consider...

The concept of social identity has gained prominence among empirical social scientists in the recent past. Yet, its measurement remains elusive. Despite a multiplicity of approaches, no measure currently exists that provides a holistic, multidimensional, and relative assessment of subgroups and...

In an environment of high competition, globalization, war and certain restrictions of the World Trade Organi­ zation, Ukraine is forced to look for new ways to revive its economy. Today, one of the tools for the future development of Ukraine's economy is the creation, development and operation...

While effective bureaucracy is crucial for state capacity, its decision-making remains a black box. We elicit preferences of 900+ real-world public procurement officials in Finland and Germany. This is an important pursuit as they report having sizeable discretion and minimal extrinsic...

Since online performances are new service, consumer confusion is occurring due to the absence of a product composition strategy. Therefore, this study derived the major attributes of online performance and estimates the value of each consumption attribute. As a result, it was found that the...

While effective bureaucracy is crucial for state capacity, its decision-making remains a black box. We elicit preferences of 900+ real-world public procurement officials in Finland and Germany. This is an important pursuit as they report having sizeable discretion and minimal extrinsic...

Societies and economies are experiencing deep and intertwined structural changes that may unsettle the perceptions European citizens have of their economic and employment security. Such labour-market perceptions are likely in turn to alter people's political positions. For instance, those...

Due to growing health and environmental problems related to the overconsumption of meat in western diets, we investigated consumer demand for dishes that reduce or replace beef with: (1) plant-based products that mimic the functionality and taste, (2) authentic plant-based ingredients that just...

Large language models (LLMs) have quickly become popular as labor-augmenting tools for programming, writing, and many other processes that benefit from quick text generation. In this paper we explore the uses and benefits of LLMs for researchers and practitioners who aim to understand consumer...

In democratic societies, public attitudes toward foreign direct investment (FDI) can influence FDI policy as in other policy areas but have been largely ignored in FDI literature. To bridge this gap, we investigate individual preferences toward inward FDI. We employ a conjoint survey experiment...

This study utilized choice-based conjoint analysis, along with conditional logit to identify the following three research questions: RQ1: Which factor of the route is important for sippers in marine transport? RQ2: What is the potential demand for the NSR? How does the shipping cost alter the...