Panic buying is a commonly observed response to disasters, and has been widely during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little known about variables influencing this behavior. This review summarizes existing research in field examines its implications for prevention control of panic buying. Methodology: All papers published prior or pandemic, providing an empirically tested model behavior (Group ...

Most working-age adults have group health insurance coverage through an employer.Those without access to job-based coverage have the option of buying insurance directly in the individual insurance market.That market, however, is the primary source of insurance for only a small proportion of adults ages 19 to 64.To understand the reasons behind low participation rates,The Commonwealth Fund 2001 ...

Selling organizations often offer quantity discounts schedules, but do not provide the underlying Quantity Discount Price Functions (QDPF). In literature an analysis on how QDPF could be derived from discount schedules is lacking. This is remarkable as QDPF contain useful information for buying organizations. QDPF give more insight into the fixed and variable costs of selling organizations and ...

Group buying websites are getting increasingly popular in the recent years. These websites typically work with merchants to offer group deals at attractive prices. They need a pre-determined minimum number of buyers for a deal before that deal is on. It is therefore important for marketers to understand how they can encourage consumers to buy these online group deals early. Using the right pers...

This paper aims to explore the consumers buying behaviour towards organic wine in Southern Europe and more precisely in Greece. The study attempts to compare its results with other studies concerning Northern European Consumers’ attitudes shedding light in potential differences. Field interviews conducted in a randomly selected sample consisted of 510 consumers in November and December of 2013,...

terms of both its causes and its consequences. Chapter 3 discusses a variety of conditions that lead to a market for votes, including the availability of cost-efficient alternatives to vote buying. In this chapter, I explore a few of the political and institutional factors that can make vote buying a more or less attractive strategy for parties and candidates vis-à-vis some of these alternative...

A group of individuals with access to transfers seeks to make a binary collective decision. All known mechanisms they might use are either are often inefficient (e.g. voting), subject to severe collusion problems (e.g. the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves mechanism) or require the planner being informed about the distribution of valuations (e.g. the Expected Externality mechanism). I propose a simple, bud...

Before You Purchase a Used Car It is advisable to hire a mechanic to inspect a car you are considering purchasing. Many local repair shops or service stations will inspect the vehicle for a fee. Check in the yellow pages under “Auto Repair” for a listing of shops. When calling, make sure that the shop will check all the vital systems (brakes, belts, steering, oil, cooling system, exhaust, shock...