Psychological study of consumer novelty seeking and mass media consumption

The thesis integrates theory from psychology and marketing, finding that those with an innate desire to seek out information on new products / brands are motivated to do so by aspects of regulatory focus, needs for uniqueness, and their susceptibility to interpersonal influence. In turn, these people consume more media and have higher information exposure.

Ethical consumption : a critical introduction

A not-so-quiet revolution seems to be occurring in wealthy capitalist societies - supermarkets selling ‘guilt free’ Fairtrade products; lifestyle TV gurus exhorting us to eat less, buy local and go green; neighbourhood action groups bent on ‘swopping not shopping’. And this is happening not at the margins of society but at its heart, in the shopping centres and homes of ordinary people. Today we are seeing a mainstreaming of ethical concerns around consumption that reflects an increasing anxiety with - and accompanying sense of responsibility for - the risks and excesses of contemporary lifestyles in the ‘global north’.

This collection of essays provides a range of critical tools for understanding the turn towards responsible or conscience consumption and, in the process, interrogates the notion that we can shop our way to a more ethical, sustainable future. Written by leading international scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds - and drawing upon examples from across the globe - Ethical Consumption makes a major contribution to the still fledgling field of ethical consumption studies. This collection is a must-read for anyone interested in the relationship between consumer culture and contemporary social life.

Impact of Various Insurance Types on Level and Appropriateness of Health Care Consumption

The goal of this study was to examine the extent to which insurance type, or method of care management, impact the appropriate delivery of health care. Previous studies indicate a relationship between insurance type and patterns of consumption but do not directly link the incentives or disincentives inherent in each plan with trends inconsumption of health care. This study explores how different types of health insurance coverage affect the location, the degree, and the frequency of health care consumption in order to gain insight into which plans promote appropriate delivery and consumption ofcare.

Comparison of ratios of imports to apparent consumption, 1968-72.

At head of title: 93d Congress. 1st session. Committee print.

Charts & tables: production and consumption of manufactured dairy products, changes in seasonal variation of butter production, cost of manufacture and distribution of butter and cheese.

Cover title.

Social Security, interest rates, and life cycle consumption /

Prepared for Manpower Administration, Washington, D.C. Office of Manpower Research and Development.

Economics and psychology in the twenty-first century

This paper begins by exploring four different possible forms of relationship between economics and psychology, which have different connotations in terms of the relative status of the two disciplines. It then focuses on the future for one of these, psychological economics. After setting out the hardcore axioms and positive and negative heuristics of a research programme in psychological economics, it explores institutional and psychological barriers to the success of such a research programme in the context of both research and teaching.

An Expenditure-Based Estimation of Self-Employment Income Underreporting in Finland

This paper estimates the extent of income underreporting by the self-employed in Finland using the expenditure based approach developed by Pissarides & Weber (1989). Household spending data are for the years 1994 to 1996. The results suggest that self-employment income in Finland is underreported by some 27% on average. Since income for the self-employed is about 8 % of all incomes in Finland, the size of this part of the black economy in Finland is estimated to be about 2,3% of GDP.

The brand-orientated play-community: toxic play in the marketplace

This ethnographic study makes a number of original contributions to the consumer identity projects and the marketplace cultures dimensions of consumer culture theory research. This study introduces the notion of the brand-orientated play-community, a novel consumption community form, which displays, as locus, a desire to play. This contributes to our understanding of the fluid relationship between subcultures of consumption, consumer tribes, and brand community. It was found that the brand-orientated play-community’s prime celebration, conceptualised as the ‘branded carnival’, displays characteristics of the archetypal carnival. The community access carnivalistic life and a world-upside-down ethos via the use and misuse of marketplace resources. The branded carnival is further supported by the community’s enactment of ‘toxic play’, which entails abnormal alcohol consumption, black market illegal resources, edgework activities, hegemonic masculinity and upsetting the public. This play-community is discussed in terms of a hyper-masculine playpen, as the play enacted has a direct relationship with the enactment of strong masculine roles. It was found that male play-ground members enact the extremes of contrasting masculine roles as a means to subvert the calculated and sedate ‘man-of-action-hero’ synthesis. Carnivals are unisex, and hence, women have begun entering the play-ground. Female members have successfully renegotiated their role within the community, from playthings to players – they have achieved player equality, which within the liminoid zone is more powerful than gender equality. However, while toxic play is essential to the maintenance of collective identity within the culture so too is the more serious form of play: the toxic sport of professional beer pong. The author conceptualises beer pong as a ‘toxic sport’, as it displays the contradictory play foundations of agon and corrupt ilinx: this is understood as a milestone step in the emergence of the postmodern sport era, in which spontaneity and the carnivalesque will dominate.

L'Educació pel consum a Catalunya

Les pautes de consum de la nostra societat han canviat molt en els últims anys. S’ha passat d'un consum local, de productes produïts molt a prop del casa, comprats en comerços petits, botiges de poble o barri, economats o mercats a consumir productes que comprem en grans superfícies o en botigues de grans cadenes, produïts en grans quantitats i lluny del lloc on els adquirim. Aquesta nova manera de consumir, moltes vegades ens sembla positiva, un model de consum que ens facilita molt la vida. Podem escollir entre molta més diversitat de productes, entre més varietat de preus i entre molts més llocs on comprar. La realitat, però, és molt més complexa. Realment som més lliures a l’hora de comprar? Aquesta transformació del consum té moltes conseqüències a nivell global: socials, polítiques, econòmiques i ambientals. Conseqüències no sempre positives i sobre les que cal reflexionar. Vivim en una societat consumista, i hem passat de ser ciutadans i ciutadanes del món a ser vistos com a consumidors i consumidores

O tempo e o espaço da alimentação no centro da metrópole paulista

Pós-graduação em Geografia - IGCE

Research and development opportunities for improved transportation energy usage. Summary technical report.

Transportation Department, Washington, D.C.

A treatise on the industry of nations, or, The principles of national economy and taxation /

v. 1. On production. -- v. 2. On distribution, consumption and taxation.