Values and visibility: How CEO activism influences private and public consumer choices
Abstract Research Summary Firms' and executives' stances on controversial issues affect consumer behavior. This “political consumerism” might be motivated by ideology and a desire to signal to peers, and thus vary for private and public purchases. We conduct an experiment with 1198 consumers to study how purchase visibility affects responses to CEO ...
Young Hou, Christopher Poliquin
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Peer Punishment with Third-Party Approval in a Social Dilemma Game
Fangfang Tan, Erte Xiao
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Shaping expectations, losing flexibility: A study of CEO promises as strategic communication tools
Abstract Research Summary CEO promises are powerful but understudied communication tools. We develop a dual‐mechanism framework theorizing that while CEO promises elevate stakeholder expectations, they simultaneously constrain strategic flexibility. We argue that CEO promise‐making is shaped by two competing pressures: making more promises when the ...
Majid Majzoubi +2 more
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The role of attention and frames on third-party punishment and compensation choices
Claudia Civai +2 more
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When does category spanning hurt or help producers?
Abstract Research Summary Scholars have theorized many factors shaping whether category spanning helps or hurts producers. We first synthesize evidence by meta‐analyzing 25 years of empirical research, which reveals a null effect of spanning on average, yet with significant subsample heterogeneity. To unpack it, we theorize and find that spanning hurts
Jungsoo Ahn +2 more
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Empathy and mentalization as mediators between childhood maltreatment and social decision-making during adulthood. [PDF]
Benoit S, Maheux J, Gamache D, Hétu S.
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Homicide, punishment and deterrence in Australia
Abstract Australian data encompassing 1910–2022, by year and state, were analyzed to estimate the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates. Our estimates showed that capital punishment had a negative and significant effect on homicides. In some specifications, the estimates implied that an execution was associated with 12.68 fewer homicides ...
Hugh Farrell, Vincent O'Sullivan
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Buchanan and the Social Contract: Coordination Failures and the Atrophy of Property Rights
ABSTRACT James Buchanan advocated that societies should be based on a social contract. He rejected anarchy, seeing it as a “Hobbesian jungle” that calls for government intervention to maintain social order. He also opposed theories of spontaneous order. These views led to debates about the compatibility of Buchanan's works with classical liberalism and
Stefano Dughera, Alain Marciano
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Individual differences in motives for costly punishment. [PDF]
Claessens S, Atkinson QD, Raihani NJ.
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Advanced Hybrid Techniques for Cyberattack Detection and Defense in IoT Networks
ABSTRACT The Internet of Things (IoT) represents a vast network of devices connected to the Internet, making it easier for users to connect to modern technology. However, the complexity of these networks and the large volume of data pose significant challenges in protecting them from persistent cyberattacks, such as distributed denial‐of‐service (DDoS)
Zaed S. Mahdi +2 more
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