In this paper, we explore how privacy settings and privacy policy consumption (reading the privacy policy) affect the relationship between privacy attitudes and disclosure behaviors. We present results from a survey completed by 122 users of Facebook regarding their information disclosure practices and their attitudes about privacy. Based on our data, we develop and evaluate a model for underst...

This paper studies the stability of the coalition government formed in 1993 in Japan, called the Hosokawa government, by using a dynamic coalition formation model presented in Fukuda and Muto [2]. Ono and Muto [6] studied the stability of the same coalition government by applying the static coalition formation model of Hart and Kurz [4], which employed Owen’s [7] coalition value to measure part...

Metadata manipulation attacks represent a new threat class directed against Version Control Systems, such as the popular Git. This type of attack provides inconsistent views of a repository state to different developers, and deceives them into performing unintended operations with often negative consequences. These include omitting security patches, merging untested code into a production branc...

This paper provides a comprehensive discussion on patch schedules. This discussion occurs over two parts. The first analyses existing implementations of patch schedules with a focus on Microsoft’s monthly patch schedule. The arguments for patch schedules, namely increased patch quality and better planning within organisations are analysed and the impact of the type of disclosure investigated. I...

The current study investigated the factors influencing photo sharing continuance intention of Dutch Facebook users aged 18 to 25 years old. The focus was specifically on personal photos (those that include the person sharing), as their disclosure is expected to result in privacy-related issues for the individual sharing. An online survey with 473 respondents was implemented to test the various ...

Survey piactitioners arechallenged to meet he ever rising demand for microdata fdes while protecting the confidentiality of the individual data provider. Data pmcessing tools are becoming quite sophisticated which is an aid to survey practitioners, but also a potential tool to data snoops. Additionally, there is a percqtioo that participation in surveys is declining world wide; partially due to...

Imagine that you are considering an investment in a new public offering of a firm’s shares. The firm’s officers have visited your city to make a presentation which included an audited financial statement, an earnings forecast was reviewed by its prestigious investment bankers, and an impressive demonstration of it new technology. Should such a presentation convince you to invest? How concerned ...

international travel has become increasingly common and accessible, hence, about two billion passengers undertake international and domestic air travel each year. venous thromboembolism (vte) is a serious public health disorder which may occur following prolonged travel, especially after air travel. a direct relation between vte development and prolonged travels has been documented, while some ...

We review literature examining the effects of laws and regulations that require public disclosure of information. These requirements are most sensibly imposed in situations characterized by misaligned incentives and asymmetric information between, for example, a buyer and seller or an advisor and advisee. We review the economic literature relevant to such disclosure, and then discuss how differ...

We examined whether participation (n = 623 students) in educational travel programs influenced support for environmental policies across different citizen types (justice-oriented, participatory, personally responsible, and non-citizen). Findings showed that (1) participation increased support for environmental policies across all groups, (2) justice-oriented citizens reported the highest suppor...